Quotes on Hard Work

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

The main motive for nonattachment is a desire to escape from the pain of living, and above all from love, which, sexual or non-sexual, is hard work.

I don't have Romário's technique, [Marc] Overmars' pace or [Patrick] Kluivert's strength. But I work harder than the others. I'm like the student who is not as clever, but revises for his exams and does OK in the end.

All makers must leave room for the acts of the spirit. But they have to work hard and carefully, and wait patiently, to deserve them.

When you begin to think and grow rich, you will observe that riches begin with a state of mind, with definiteness of purpose, with little or no hard work.

For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.

If you want to succeed, double your failure rate.

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials.

Though you break your heart, men will go on as before.

I have found that great people do have in common. . .an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have gerat determination as well as an ability to work hard. At the crucial moment of decision, they draw on their accumulated wisdom. Above all, they have integrity.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.

Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn't mean that we didn't have our rough times, but they were remarkable people who were open-minded, creative and hard-working, and had great senses of humor.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

There is no reason to believe that the people who staff the managerial and professional positions in our service institutions are any less qualified, any less competent or honest, or any less hard-working than the men who manage businesses. Conversely, there is no reason to believe that business managers, put in control of service institutions, would do better than the 'bureaucrats'. Indeed, we know that they immediately become bureaucrats themselves.

Without hard work, time itself becomes an ally of the primitive forces of social stagnation. So we must help time and realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

Mix idealism with realism and add hard work. This will often bring much more than you could ever hope for.