William Arthur Ward: "Do more..."

Do more than belong: participate.
Do more than care: help.
Do more than believe: practice.
Do more than be fair: be kind.
Do more than forgive: forget.
Do more than dream: work.

- William Arthur Ward

Neil Gaiman: "You get work because..."

"You get work because you get work, but people keep working because their work is good, and because they're easy to get along with, and because they deliver the work on time. And you don't even need all three. Two out of three is fine. People will tolerate how unpleasant you are if your work is good and you deliver it on time. People will forgive the lateness of your work if it's good and they like you. And you don't have to be as good as everyone else if you're on time and it's always a pleasure to hear from you."

–Neil Gaiman's commencement speech on the life of an artist

Neil Gaiman: "I tended to do..."

"I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop when it felt like work, which meant that life did not feel like work."

–Neil Gaiman's commencement speech on the life of an artist

Tina Fey: "So, my unsolicited advice..."

"So, my unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this: when faced with sexism, or ageism, or lookism, or even really aggressive buddhism, ask yourself the following question... 'Is this person in between me and what I want to do?'

If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when you're in charge, don't hire the people that were jerky to you.

If the answer is yes, you have a more difficult road ahead of you...

If your boss is a jerk, try to find someone above or around your boss who is not a jerk. Is there such a thing as an all-jerk workplace? Yes... But if you're lucky your workplace will have a neutral proving ground... if so, focus on that. Again, don't waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions. Go Over, Under, Through - and opinions will change organically when you are the boss.

Or they won't. Who cares? Do your thing. And don't care if they like it."

–Tina Fey, audio book of Bossypants, (disc 3 track 10)

Pablo Picasso: "Inspiration exists, but it..."

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working."

—Pablo Picasso

Thomas Edison: "Opportunity is missed by..."

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

—Thomas Edison

Aaron Sorkin: "There is a time..."

"There is a time in the history of things that work, when they didn't work."

—Aaron Sorkin, John Spencer as Leo McGarry, The West Wing