Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard. Kevin Durant
The obstacle is the way. Ryan Holiday
The more I want to get something done the less I call it work. Richard Bach
I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying. Michael Jordan
Work as hard as you can. Even though who you work with and what you work on are more important than how hard you work. Naval Ravikant
What you do, and how you do it, is so much more important than how hard you do it. Naval Ravikant
So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard. Caterina Fake
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you. Leo Tolstoy
There’s no way around doing the work it takes to get you there. Joyce Chapman
Sometimes there’s not a better way. Sometimes there’s only the hard way. Mary E. Pearson
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is visible labor and there is invisible labor. Victor Hugo
Part 1. He does nothing with haste and drudgery, but as if he loved it. He makes the most of his labor, and takes infinite satisfaction in every part of it. Henry David Thoreau
Part 2. He is not looking forward to the sale of his crops or any pecuniary profit, but he is paid by the constant satisfaction which his labor yields him. Henry David Thoreau
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted. David Bly
To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers
People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get. Frederick Douglass
Work and you’ll get what you need; work harder and you’ll get what you want. Prabakaran Thirumalai
In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. Lao Tzu
Never let your work drive you. Master it and keep it in complete control. Booker T. Washington
Don’t make excuses for why you can’t get it done. Focus on all the reasons why you must make it happen. Unknown
Blood, sweat and respect. The first two you give, the last one you get. Unknown
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. Newt Gingrich
Part 1. So you were born to feel “nice”? Instead of doing things and experiencing them? Marcus Aurelius
Part 2. Don’t you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in order, as best they can? Marcus Aurelius
Part 3. And you’re not willing to do your job as a human being? Why aren’t you running to do what your nature demands? Marcus Aurelius
If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures. Gaius Musonius Rufus
I woult rather die of passion than of boredom. Émile Zola
What we fear of doing most is usually what we most need to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson
A year from now you may wish you had started today. Karen Lamb
