Hard Quotes

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.

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.

For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.

Life is too short to work so hard.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.

Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and create products that teach people how to have money work hard for them.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.

I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.

You make mistakes, but I don't have any regrets. I'm the kind of person who takes responsibility for it and deals with it. I learn from everything I do. I work very hard, I have so many things going on in my life. Get to know me and see who I am.

A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.

Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.

Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.

The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard.

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.

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.

Luck? 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 something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.

I have no problem with the people who work hard to get success. But I think people are very jealous about success. I work very hard and they don't appreciate that.