Gospel Principles

To some people work is a drudgery.  To others it is an exciting part of life.  One way to enjoy life's fullest benefits is to learn to love work.  Not all of us can choose the kind of work we do.  Some of us labor for long hours... it is difficult to enjoy such work.  Yet the happiest people have learned to enjoy their work, whatever it is.  We can help one another in our work.  The heaviest load becomes lighter when someone shares it.
Our attitude toward work is very important.  ... A traveler passed a stone quarry and saw three men working. He asked each man what he was doing.  Each man's answer revealed a different attitude towards the same job.  "I am cutting stone," the first man answered.
The second replied, "I am earning three gold pieces a day."
The third man smiled and said, "I am helping to build a house of God."

Gospel Principles, ch. 27 Work and Personal Responsibility

Author Unknown

If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think that you dare not, you don't;
If you'd like to win, but you think you can't,
It's almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you've lost.
For out in the world, you'll find
Success begins with a fellow's will.
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you are outclassed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise;
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.

-unknown