Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert

Quote by B C Forbes

Topics: Work Quotes

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.

The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.

What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.

Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you...

Turn resolutely to work, to recreation, or in any case to physical exercise till you...

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.

Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.

There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate...

There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate...

The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world...

The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world...

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy...

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy...

Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be...

The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be...

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a...

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a...

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.

Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.

Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed....

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed....

The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans...

The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans...

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...