Work and Recreation
156 aphorisms · 3 comments
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tiny.ag/yif1p5kz · submitted 1999
The early bird catches the worm.
tiny.ag/ltngvuik · submitted 1997
The burden is equal to the horse's strength.
Unknown, (The Talmud), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/y2wjstfn · submitted 1997
The amount of work to be done increases in proportion to the amount of work already completed.
tiny.ag/8wyy0jwo · submitted 1997 by Barbara Postman
Please excuse the length of this letter; I do not have time to be brief.
Unknown, (attributed to G. B. Shaw, Bertrand Russell, and Blaise Pascal), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/cdzh2i5q · submitted 1997
Only Robinson Crusoe had everything done by Friday.
tiny.ag/nqmdzsyl · submitted 1997
Never put off till tomorrow what you can avoid all together.
tiny.ag/me4bnv2q · submitted 1997
Ogden's Law: The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.
tiny.ag/3xgs0jwo · submitted 1997
One good reason why computers can do more work than people is that they never have to stop and answer the phone.
tiny.ag/sk2lr8ad · submitted 1997
We will burn that bridge when we come to it.
tiny.ag/gfpih4lb · submitted 1997
He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.
tiny.ag/tymlwb79 · submitted 1997
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in Vice and Virtue and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/7graufwl · submitted 1997
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
tiny.ag/z9ylo64a · submitted 1997
Most problems are either unimportant or impossible to solve.
Victor Galaz, (on why he is so silent during meetings), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/poux0n5r · submitted 1997
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
tiny.ag/8dojvkdg · submitted 1997
Too much credit is given to the end result. The true lesson is in the struggle that takes place between the dream and reality. That struggle is a thing called life!
tiny.ag/veiyrnvp · submitted 1997
Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.
Ashleigh Brilliant, Brilliant Thoughts (copyright info: www.ashleighbrilliant.com), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/lqexisvl · submitted 1997
The only way round is through.
tiny.ag/swonymzt · submitted 1997
Well done is better than well said.
tiny.ag/atei0hjc · submitted 1997
The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get to work.
tiny.ag/9kdycunx · submitted 1997
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve.
Robert Frost, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
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