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Martin Luther King Jr on Excellence

If a man is called a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and Earth will pause to say, Here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well.

Charles J. Givens on What Works

"Doing more of what works doesn't work won't make it work any better."

Grandma Moses on Life

"I look back on my life like a good days work; it is done and I am satisfied with it."

Give and Take

"If you are willing to do more than you are paid to do, eventually you will be paid to do more than you do."

Bruce Jenner on Work

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete, or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win---if you don't you won't

Michelangelo on Work

"If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery it wouldn't seem wonderful at all."

Thoreau on Work

"Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other."

Buddha on Discovery

"Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it."

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Thomas Edison on Opportunity

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

Giving 100 Percent

"I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end."

Oprah on Life's Secret

"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work."

Oprah on Our Personal Calling

"I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you."

Real Success

"Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love."

Rockefeller on Success

"Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were."

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