Joyce Cary Quotes

Those who work much do not work hard.

I like to work - I probably work too much.

I'll take as much work as I can get. You can always need more work.

Long hours don't necessarily mean success.

Today, I am wondering what would have happened to me by now, if, fifty years ago, some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour day and convinced me that it was not fair to my fellow-workers to put forth my best efforts in my work? I am glad that the eight-hour day had not been invented when I was a young man. If my life had been made up of eight-hour days, I don't believe I could have accomplished a great deal.

Work first, and then rest.

Given two people with exactly the same ability, the one person who manages day in and day out to get in one more hour of thinking will be tremendously more productive over a lifetime.

You don't think I work 14 hours a day right now?! I mean, I still put in the hours, I still do the work.

Work hard, play hard.

No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him. There is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil.

Very few people know how to work. Inspiration, everybody has inspiration. That's just hot air.

I really like to work a lot. It makes time go by fast.

In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.

As much as I've produced it looks to people like I must have written quickly, but it isn't that - because I put in in a sixty- or seventy-hour week.

I think every work is hard in different ways.

There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.

I find myself more and more behind these days. You have to be really diligent. I don't have kids, which helps. I'm always working on something, whether a book, or a law review article that no one will ever read, or teaching. It pretty much means I work a lot, but it's all stuff I love.

Work will take everything you give it. It's up to you to work out what you want to give it.

I'm spending all my time and energy on the project at hand.

The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.

I really love learning and working long hours.

When I lived in London, I worked three jobs and had such long work days.

My productivity is overwhelming!

I never think I work hard enough, as much things I have on my plate.