--- title: "9 Percent Work Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Percent Work quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Percent Work sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/e-j-gold-66648_identity_ninety-nine-percent-of-all-work-on-self_396116.jpg" --- > [Ninety-nine percent of all work on self is attitudinal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-gold/ninety-nine-percent-of-all-work-on-self-is-attitudinal/) [E. J. Gold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-gold/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/e-j-gold-66648_identity_ninety-nine-percent-of-all-work-on-self_396116.jpg) > [Let's face it, 80 percent of the work I do my kids can't see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-pantoliano/let-s-face-it-80-percent-of-the-work-i-do-my-kids-can-t-see/) [Joe Pantoliano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-pantoliano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/joe-pantoliano-16340_children_let-s-face-it-80-percent-of-the-work-i-d_1307974.jpg) > [I always have the fear that, if I don't commit 100 percent to my work, then it's gonna suffer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joaquin-phoenix/i-always-have-the-fear-that-if-i-don-t-commit-100-percent-to-my-work/) [Joaquin Phoenix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joaquin-phoenix/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b25/joaquin-phoenix-4581_commit_i-always-have-the-fear-that-if-i-don-t-c_2593192.jpg) > [“is 100 percent the work of God and, just for that reason, it is to engage 100 percent of the activity of the believer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-b-jr-gaffin/is-100-percent-the-work-of-god-and-just-for-that-reason-it-is-to/) [Richard B. Jr. Gaffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-b-jr-gaffin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/647/richard-b-jr-gaffin-41475_work-god_is-100-percent-the-work-of-god-and-just_2340291.jpg) > [“Ninety percent of my work is crap,” he continued. “Another nine percent is mediocre, and then there are those rare gems that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia-cunning/ninety-percent-of-my-work-is-crap-he-continued-another-nine-percent/) [Olivia Cunning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia-cunning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/olivia-cunning-2251_mediocre_ninety-percent-of-my-work-is-crap-he-con_2612046.jpg) > [“Economists often talk about the 80/20 Principle, which is the idea that in any situation roughly 80 percent of the “work” will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/economists-often-talk-about-the-80-20-principle-which-is-the-idea-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/anonymous-1_percent_economists-often-talk-about-the-80-20-pr_550689.jpg) > [The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-edwards-deming/the-average-american-worker-has-fifty-interruptions-a-day-of-which/) [W. Edwards Deming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-edwards-deming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cba/w-edwards-deming-1337_average_the-average-american-worker-has-fifty-in_1702223.jpg) > [I understand the opposite side of the camera. I have a profound respect for that. I have worked with people who, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-gyllenhaal/i-understand-the-opposite-side-of-the-camera-i-have-a-profound/) [Jake Gyllenhaal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-gyllenhaal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/jake-gyllenhaal-2014_actors_i-understand-the-opposite-side-of-the-ca_223147.jpg) > [Ninety-five percent of my work is being mayor. But that 5% that nags at all of us - of what's going wrong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-garcetti/ninety-five-percent-of-my-work-is-being-mayor-but-that-5-that-nags-at/) [Eric Garcetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-garcetti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f64/eric-garcetti-5068_best_ninety-five-percent-of-my-work-is-being_1803505.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/percent-work/#itemlist", "name": "Percent Work Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ninety-nine percent of all work on self is attitudinal.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "E. J. 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