"The average man won't really do a..." - Quote by Henry Ford
The average man won't really do a day's work unless he is caught and cannot get out of it. There is plenty of work to do if people would do it.
More by Henry Ford
“I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.”
“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.”
“When I see an Alfa Romeo go by, I tip my hat.”
More on Work Ethic
“People often ask me if I know the secret of success and if I could tell others how to make their dreams come true. My answer is, you do it by working.”
“What is work? Work is struggle. There are difficulties and problems in those places for us to overcome and solve. We go there to work and struggle to overcome these difficulties. A good comrade is one who is more eager to go where the difficulties are greater.”
“If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him.”
More on Motivation
“A man does not have himself killed for a half-pence a day or for a petty distinction.You must speak to the soul in order to electrify him”
“Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.”
“The rallying call to people is to give them hope. When you have hope, that's huge.”