Work Quotes

"Now, in New Jersey, we have more government workers per square mile than any state in America. But since I've been governor we now have fewer people on the state payroll at any time since Christie Whitman left office in January 2001. That's the right direction, Mr. President, not the wrong direction."

"If anybody ran a business like that they would be out of business quickly, and Barack Obama's leadership is driving this business, the United States of America, toward a fiscal cliff."

"We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To the extent he is willing to do this, we are ready to work with him."

"I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office."

"If I weren't doing the politics, I wouldn't be doing my job."

"I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing."

"The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development."

"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country."

"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country."

"I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave."

"The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender."

"Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal."

"People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society."

"Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."

"Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority."

"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."

"Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price."

"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."

"There's nobody in the business strong enough to scare me."

"In high school, I was on the youth advisory council for the Mayor's Office of Los Angeles, and that was kind of my first experience in the bureaucratic system. We tried to get things done, and nobody was really interested in getting anything done."