"He would give all of his clothes..." - Quote by Victor Hugo
He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.
More by Victor Hugo
“A man without a woman is like a pistol without a trigger; it is the woman who makes the man go off.”
“The flesh is the upper surface of the unknown.”
“The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ; it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both.”
More on Work Ethic
“I'd say people get to work and start being more understanding of everybody - instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding. But get in there and get it done. Kick ass and take names. And this may be my dad talking, but don't spend what you don't have.”
“Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years.”
“I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.”
More on Diligence
“Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.”
“Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.”
“Diligence which, as it avails in all things, is also of the utmost moment in pleading causes. Diligence is to be particularly cultivated by us; it is to be constantly exerted; it is capable of effecting almost everything.”