Famous Hard Work Quotes
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney
I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson
Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far. Gary Vaynerchuk
Destiny is for losers. It’s just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen. Blair Waldorf
Make each day your masterpiece. John Wooden
What you don’t sweat out when you’re young will turn into tears when you’re old. Japanese proverb
Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen. Conan O’Brien
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Colin Powell
What comes easy won’t last. What lasts won’t come easy. Unknown
A sign of a hard worker is one who works without complaint. Sarah Price
Hard work betrays none. Hachiman Hikigaya
When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity. Steve Pavlina
All good work requires self-revelation. Sidney Lumet
It’s not about money or connections – it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone. Mark Cuban
Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Helen Hanson
Do not whine… Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone. Joan Didion
Work hard now, suffer and keep it up. Rewards are at the edge. Maxime Lagacé
The world belongs to the energetic. Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life. Alain de Botton
Without labor nothing prospers. Sophocles
It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. Babe Ruth
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination. Tommy Lasorda
When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really played. Dr. Seuss
Men die of boredom, psychological conflict and disease. They do not die of hard work. David Ogilvy
You’re never a loser until you quit trying. Mike Ditka
Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life. Confucius
Believe you can and you’re halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt
Short Hard Work Quotes
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. Abraham Lincoln
Wake up determined. Go to bed satisfied. Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Edison
Work without love is slavery. Mother Teresa
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Abraham Lincoln
Work incessantly, but be not attached to it. Swami Vivekananda
There is no substitute for hard work. Thomas Edison
No struggle, no progress, no success. Maxime Lagacé
If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things, you’re excited to get up in the morning. Larry Page
God sells us all things at the price of labor. Leonardo da Vinci
Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison
Go and get your things. Dreams mean work. Paulo Coelho
It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up. Vince Lombardi
Nothing can beat hard work. Conor McGregor
Start with a cry, end with a smile. Michael Bassey Johnson
There’s no talent here, this is hard work. This is an obsession. Conor McGregor (MMA Champion)
Work hard in silence; let success make the noise. Frank Ocean
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goals: my strength lies solely in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur
Light tomorrow with today. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
If people knew how hard I worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful after all. Michelangelo
I sweat in tears to get what I want. Lailah Akita
To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all, cherish a magnificent obsession. Walt Disney
Be thankful for what you have. Work hard for what you don’t have. Unknown
It hurts now but one day it will be your warm up. Unknown
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works. Oscar Wilde
Work harder than you think you did yesterday. Alex Elle
Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. Iain Duncan Smith
Hard work does pay off. Michael Phelps
The first one gets the oyster the second gets the shell. Andrew Carnegie
Look in the mirror – that’s your competition. Unknown
Work to me is a sacred thing. Margaret Bourke-White
If you can’t outplay them, outwork them. Ben Hogan
Dare to be honest and fear no labor. Robert Burns
The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it. Unknown
Have a healthy disregard for the impossible and actually build new solutions. Larry Page
If you’re not doing some things that are crazy, then you’re doing the wrong things. Larry Page
Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day. George Allen Sr
When you feel like stopping think about why you started. Unknown
Action is the foundational key to all success. Pablo Picasso
It does not matter where you are standing right now. Sanchita Pandey
The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me. Ayn Rand
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. Peter F. Drucker
The cynics may be the loudest voices – but I promise you, they will accomplish the least. Barack Obama
You may not be there yet, but you’re closer than you were yesterday. Unknown
Amateurs have hard work and speed. Professionals have hard work, speed and direction. Maxime Lagacé
Shovel today’s challenges for your tomorrow’s freedom. Aniekee Ezekiel
Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see further. Thomas Carlyle
Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it. James Baldwin
Inspiration usually comes during work rather than before it. Madeleine L’Engle
A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent. Guy Kawasaki
Hard Work Quotes about Success
With slight efforts, how can we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it. Euripides
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. John F. Kennedy
Perseverance is the act of true role models and heroes. Liza Wiemer
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you desire to make a difference in the world, you must be different from the world. Unknown
Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential. Winston Churchill
Create the things you wish existed. Unknown
Progress will come in fits and starts. It’s not always a straight line. It’s not always smooth path. Barack Obama
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death. James F. Byrnes
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. Henry Van Dyke
Be not afraid of going slowly. Be afraid only of standing still. Chinese proverb
Success is three parts hard work and one part serendipity. Ken Poirot
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly. Isaac Asimov
If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old. Peter F. Drucker
Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort. John Ruskin
Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen. Michael Jordan
Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out. Robert Collier
I’d rather hustle 24/7 than slave 9 to 5. Unknown
You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. Mike Murdoch
Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time. Arnold H. Glascow
The one thing that matters is the effort. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities. Bruce Lee
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. Oprah Winfrey
Good things happen to those who hustle. Anais Nin
There are no mistakes, only opportunities. Tina Fey
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door. Milton Berle
Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today. Tim Fargo
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Everything seems better when we have to work to get it. Gertrude Warner
Every moment wasted looking back, keeps us from moving forward. Hillary Clinton
Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Malcolm Gladwell
In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. Sun Tzu
So many things could happen with a hard work. Harry Vested Jr
Withstand the setbacks and failures, the days of drudgery, and the hard work that are always a part of any creative action. Robert Greene
Your true success in life begins only when you make the commitment to become excellent at what you do. Brian Tracy
Whatever you have not strive hard to achieve will not strive hard to fade. Isrealmore Ayivor
Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. Vaclav Havel
Hard work makes you feel good because you have accomplished something. Alcurtis Tumer
Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t. Jerry Rice
Successful people begin where failures leave off. Never settle for just getting the job done. Tom Hopkins
If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little. Richelle Goodrich
Inner work is finding joy in work. Our real work is heart work and soul work. Matthew Fox
Passion is the genesis of genius. Tony Robbins
The purpose of work should be the common good. Alfred Krupp
Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it. George Halas
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Beverly Sills
Rest in reason. Move in passion. Kahlil Gibran
I learned the value of hard work by working hard. Margaret Mead
When you want to be successful as bad as you breathe, then you’ll be successful. Eric Thomas
If you are lucky and work very hard, you may someday get to experience freedom from the known. Jiddu Krishnamurti
The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest. Deepika Padukone
Amateurs think about shortcuts and success. Professionals think about daily habits and progress. Maxime Lagacé
Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice. Beyonce Knowles
To love what you do and feel that it matters – how could anything be more fun? Katharine Graham
To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift. Steve Prefontaine
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory. Mahatma Gandhi
Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose. G.K. Nielson
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. William James
To be successful, you must decide exactly what you want to accomplish, then resolve to pay the price to get it. Unknown
The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure. Françoise Bertaut de Motteville
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. Aristotle
We live in the kind of society where, in almost all cases, hard work is rewarded. Neil deGrasse Tyson
All happiness depends on courage and work. Honoré de Balzac
Always go with your passions. Never ask yourself if it’s realistic or not. Deepak Chopra
Going all-in on something will make you feel alive and ultimately, satisfied. Maxime Lagacé
The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more. Jonas Salk
Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better. Jim Rohn
Wise and Deep Hard Work Quotes
Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. Seneca
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. Émile Zola
The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity. George Carlin
Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard. Kevin Durant
Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly. Plutarch
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted. David Bly
Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work. Gustave Flaubert
If hard work was so wonderful, the rich would keep it all for themselves. Yiddish saying
If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. Michael Jordan
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor. Victor Hugo
My life will be the best illustration of all my work. Hans Christian Andersen
The obstacle is the way. Ryan Holiday
I woult rather die of passion than of boredom. Émile Zola
Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control. Booker T. Washington
Only in recent history has “working hard” signaled pride rather than shame. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. Robert Half
Before you start any work, ask yourself: is this the most important and most impactful task I could be doing right now. Maxime Lagacé
Work isn’t meaningful just because you spend your life doing it. Anthony Marra
I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday. Unknown
Blood, sweat and respect. The first two you give, the last one you get. Unknown
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
The more I want to get something done the less I call it work. Richard Bach
Don’t blame others as an excuse for your not working hard enough. Unknown
What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. Frederick Douglass
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you. Leo Tolstoy
The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them. Louisa May Alcott
I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. Michael Jordan
A year from now you may wish you had started today. Karen Lamb
Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work. Orison Swett Marden
Sometimes there’s not a better way. Sometimes there’s only the hard way. Mary E. Pearson
Never expose the sweat and labor behind your poise. Robert Greene
Work and you’ll get what you need; work harder and you’ll get what you want. Prabakaran Thirumalai
There’s no way around doing the work it takes to get you there. Joyce Chapman
It’s not the hours you put in, it’s what you put into your hours that counts. Thibaut
Amateurs are busy and tense. Professionals are calm and focused. Maxime Lagacé
Funny Hard Work Quotes
Be like a duck, paddling and working hard in the water, but what everyone sees is a smiling, calm face. Manoj Arora
It doesn’t matter how great your shoes are if you don’t accomplish anything in them. Martina Boone
You’re probably on the right track if you feel like a sidewalk worm during a rainstorm. Larry Page
I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career. Gloria Steinem
I would rather risk wearing out than rusting out. Theodore Roosevelt
Let us work without reasoning, it is the only way to make life endurable. Voltaire
Everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to do the work! Kevin Hart
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else. J.M. Barrie
I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early. Charles Lamb
Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could. Charles J. Sykes
The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. Robert Frost
The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph! Marvin Phillips
The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you’re finished. Benjamin Franklin
Hard Work Quotes about Dreams, Goals Faith, Prayers, Patience
Fear looks; faith jumps. Smith Wigglesworth
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night. George Herbert
Only in the darkness can you see the stars. Martin Luther King Jr
The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. Tony Robbins
Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire? Corrie Ten Boom
The dream that keeps you awake at night is the one that you must keep dreaming. Maxime Lagacé
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor. Elon Musk (Tesla)
Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there. Bo Jackson
When you pray as much as you work; you achieve as much as you dream. Keysha Jade
Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Keep dreaming, keep believing, keep putting the effort. The only madness is half-heartedly. Maxime Lagacé
It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. Ursula K. Le Guin
If you lose faith, you lose all. Eleanor Roosevelt
Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. Coco Chanel
The only journey is the one within. Rainer Maria Rilke
The principal part of faith is patience. George MacDonald
People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. Earl Nightingale
If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything. Gordon A. Eadie
All great achievements require time. Maya Angelou
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. Viktor E. Frankl
I planned my success. I knew it was going to happen. Erykah Bad
Hard Work Quotes about Teamwork, Money and Cooperation
Fortune sides with him who dares. Virgil
If you try and lose then it isn’t your fault. But if you don’t try and we lose, then it’s all your fault. Orson Scott Card
No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team. Reid Hoffman
Money grows on the tree of persistence. Japanese proverb
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. Phil Jackson
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Henry Ford
The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison. James Cash Penney
Talent wins games but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. Michael Jordan
If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. Isaac Newton
Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability. Patrick Lencioni
We rise by lifting others. Robert Ingersoll
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. Henry Ford
Money is usually attracted, not pursued. Jim Rohn
Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there. Virginia Burden
Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much. Erich Fromm
When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers. Colleen C. Barrett
The more you learn, the more you earn. Frank Clark
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. Bertrand Russell
Making money isn’t hard in itself… What’s hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one’s life to. Carlos Ruiz Zafón
If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. Booker T. Washington
Never work just for money or for power. They won’t save your soul or help you sleep at night. Marian Wright Edelman
Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean. Ryunosuke Satoro
Don’t forget the simplest rule: work first, wealth second. Maxime Lagacé
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill
Hard Work Quotes about Haters and Criticism
We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it. Barack Obama
Remember that all is opinion. Marcus Aurelius
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do. Benjamin Franklin
The hated man is the result of his hater’s pride rather than his hater’s conscience. Criss Jami
No matter how good you are, someone is always going to be against you. But never let them be the limit of your success. Terry Mark
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. Elbert Hubbard
It’s easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It’s a lot more difficult to perform one. Chuck Palahniuk
Do not seek praise. Seek criticism. Paul Arden
I’ve been all over the world and I’ve never seen a statue of a critic. Leonard Bernstein
You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle. Shannon L. Alder
Nothing is complete and thus nothing is exempt from criticism. James Luther Adams
The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents. Salvador Dali
The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you. Tim Ferriss
Hate hurts the hater more’n the hated. Madeleine L’Engle
I will feel no guilt on shutting my door to those who didn’t listen. Stefan Molyneux
Those people, who hate you, envy your freedom. Santosh Kalwar
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. Booker T. Washington
Your friends will believe in your potential, your enemies will make you live up to it. Tim Fargo
Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater. George Washington Carver
I like criticism. It makes you strong. LeBron James
Don’t pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches. Andy Warhol
I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing. Elbert Hubbard
It’s not about money or connections – it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone. Mark Cuban
Hard work is an essential element in tracking down and perfecting a strategy or in executing it. Charlie Munger
Winners embrace hard work. They love the discipline of it, the trade-off they’re making to win. Losers, on the other hand, see it as punishment. And that’s the difference. Lou Holtz
Hard work compounds like interest, and the earlier you do it, the more time you have for the benefits to pay off. Sam Altman
Work harder than you think you did yesterday. Alex Elle
Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. Iain Duncan Smith
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds. Gordon B. Hinckley
Work and you’ll get what you need; work harder and you’ll get what you want. Prabakaran Thirumalai
If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level you say you do, there’s no way around doing the work it takes to get you there. Joyce Chapman
Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig. Malcolm Gladwell
With hard work and effort, you can achieve anything. Antoine Griezmann
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all. Sam Ewing
Men die of boredom, psychological conflict and disease. They do not die of hard work. David Ogilvy
Happiness is the real sense of fulfillment that comes from hard work. Joseph Barbara
I never took a day off in my 20s. Not one. Bill Gates
Talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything. Patrick Suskind
A sign of a hard worker is one who works without complaint. Sarah Price
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. Peter F. Drucker
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing. Thomas Jefferson
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Proverbs 6:6
I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson
A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things. Ralph Lauren
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. Stephen King
No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American. Anthony Bourdain
Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No Excuses. Kobe Bryant
Quotes on Achievement
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi
The difference between greed and ambition is a greedy person desires things he isn’t prepared to work for. Habeeb Akande
There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. Calvin Coolidge
If you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, what you look like or who you love. Barak Obama
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor. Proverbs 12:24, ESV
If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it. Olin Miller
The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%. Andrew Carnegie
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. Pele
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Gen. Colin Powell
Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better. Martin Luther King, Jr.
At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off. Kevin Hart
This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play. Alan Watts
Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose. G.K. Neilson
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen. Frank Lloyd Wright
My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But most importantly, it depended on me to keep trying after I had failed. Mark Warner
Visualization works if you work hard. That’s the thing. You can’t just visualize and go eat a sandwich. Jim Carrey
To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all, cherish a magnificent obsession. Walt Disney
I don’t like work – no man does – but I like what is in the work – the chance to find yourself. Your own reality – for yourself not for others – what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means. Joseph Conrad
Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop. Confucius
If you work hard enough and assert yourself and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires. Malcolm Gladwell
What you don’t sweat out when you’re young will turn into tears when you’re old. Japanese Proverb
Leadership is more than just being able to cross the t’s and dot the i’s. It’s about character and integrity and work ethic. Steven Largent
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work. Booker T. Washington
The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day. Wayne Gretzky
Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They’re realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks. Elbert Hubbard
The best way to learn is by doing. The only way to build a strong work ethic is getting your hands dirty. Alex Spannos
The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Every beautiful mind has great dreams, but rarely is anyone ever ready to work hard for their dreams. Terry Mark
When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity. Steve Pavlina
I’ve got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end. Larry Bird
If people knew how hard I worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful after all. Michelangelo
Don’t work for recognition but do work worthy of recognition. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
To achieve what 1% of the world’s population has, you must be willing to do what only 1% dares to do. Manoj Arora
I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near. Margaret Thatcher
Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have. Ed Bradley
If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us. Jim Rohn
You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself. Alan Alda
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. Frederick Douglass
The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. Thomas Edison
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. Newt Gingrich
The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive, and passion, it’s possible to achieve the American dream. Tommy Hilfiger
Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional. Jahangir Khan
It’s not about money or connections – it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone. Mark Cuban
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied. Proverbs 13:4, ESV
Developing a good work ethic is key. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you’re a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life. Tyler Perry
We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in. Ariana Huffington
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
You will never plough a field if you only turn it over in your mind. Irish Proverb
A good work ethic is not so much a concern for hard work but rather one for responsibility. There have been a great many men and women who have, in fact, used work or hustle or selfish ambition as an escape from real responsibility, an escape from purpose. In matters such as these, the hard work is just as dysfunctional as the sloth. Criss Jami
Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to try to take it all away from you. Mark Cuban
I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard. Maria Bartiromo
Quotes to Work Harder
Make a pact with yourself today to not be defined by your past. Sometimes the greatest thing to come out of all your hard work isn’t what you get for it, but what you become for it. Shake things up today! Be You… Be Free… Share. Steve Maraboli
Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Helen Hanson
I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is Hard work – and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t. Lucille Ball
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie
Sometimes there’s not a better way. Sometimes there’s only the hard way. Mary E. Pearson
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. Roger Bannister
Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing. William Arthur Ward
Destiny is for losers. It’s just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen. Blair Waldorf
Go and get your things. Dreams mean work. Paolo Coelho
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men. Colossians 3:23, ESV
Do a little more each day than you think you possibly can. Lowell Thomas
There’s no talent here, this is hard work. This is an obsession. Conor McGregor
never viewed myself as particularly talented. Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping, I’m working. Will Smith
Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don’t give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm, and genuine people. Tena Desae
When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before. Jacob Riis
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Beverly Sills
There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits. Michael Phelps
A little more persistence a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn into a glorious success. Elbert Hubbard
If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard; you’ll be hard to beat. Hershel Walker
Believe in yourself, work hard, work smart and passionately present your best self to the world. Hill Harper
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Abraham Lincoln
Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams. Ben Carson
nspiration usually comes during work rather than before it. Madeleine L’Engle
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work. Stephen King
It always seems impossible until it’s done. Nelson Mandela
There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as an overnight success or easy money. Henry Sy
At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: ‘I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm?’. Marcus Aurelius
Best Hard Work Quotes
The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. Harry Golden
Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice. Henry Ford
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted. David Bly
Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs. Malcolm Forbes
I would rather risk wearing out than rusting out. Teddy Roosevelt
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Edison
There are no traffic jams on the extra mile. Zig Ziglar
Work smarter, not harder. Allen F. Morgenstern
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vidal Sassoon
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend six hours sharpening my ax. Abraham Lincoln
When you do more than you’re paid for, eventually you’ll be paid for more than you do. Zig Ziglar
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. Jimmy Johnson
If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time. Steve Jobs
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll. Helen Hanson
Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. Robert Half
A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood. Gen. George Patton
Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion. Simon Sinek
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it. Henry Ford
