Work and Recreation
156 aphorisms · 3 comments
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tiny.ag/t1qexukp · submitted 1997
Holt's Law: All jobs are easy to the person who doesn't have to do them.
tiny.ag/dmjofbk9 · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
tiny.ag/vpwdae8j · submitted 1997
Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.
Benjamin Franklin, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/swonymzt · submitted 1997
Well done is better than well said.
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
tiny.ag/milcq4ya · submitted 1997
Grinnell's Law of Labor Laxity: At all times, for any task, you have not got enough done today.
tiny.ag/ximercsy · submitted 1997
God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them.
Unknown, (German proverb), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/rfwbcxnu · submitted 1997
God gives every bird his worm, but he doesn't throw it into the nest.
tiny.ag/51wy2e6t · submitted (updated 17:20)
Give a man a fish and he'll ask for a lemon. Teach a man to fish and he'll leave work early on Friday.
tiny.ag/xadsxg7n · submitted 1997
First Law of Bicycling: No matter where you're going, it's uphill and against the wind.
tiny.ag/qxbfoafe · submitted 1997
Ever notice that even the busiest people are never too busy to tell you just how busy they are?
tiny.ag/k4nebyuf · submitted 1999 by Austin Holmes
Even if you aren't making money at your job, but doing something you love to do, you are a true success.
tiny.ag/myqpc8fj · submitted 1998 by Mindy Romero
Don't do whatever you like -- like whatever you do.
tiny.ag/h7w28305 · submitted 1997
Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/hkkreg0l · submitted 1997
A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
tiny.ag/5fjxbdkr · submitted 1997
A life spent making mistakes is not only most honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
tiny.ag/eckozapq · submitted 1997
A meeting is an event where minutes are taken and hours wasted.
tiny.ag/kyj5oc1q · submitted 1997
If God had really intended men to fly, he'd make it easier to get to the airport.
tiny.ag/vfh9sa41 · submitted 1997
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
tiny.ag/nqsn2fb1 · submitted 1997
Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.
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