Sweat And Tears Quotes

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  A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

  Colin Powell

  Motivational, Dream, Determination

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• Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

  Jesse Jackson

  Sympathy, Sweat, Effort

  "The preacher comes to town" by Laura Smith, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2005.

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• Tears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.

  Jesse Jackson

  Change, Sympathy, Sweat

  "The preacher comes to town" by Laura Smith, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2005.

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• The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.

  Isak Dinesen

  Beach, Encouragement, Ocean

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• A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes a lot of hard work.

  Ozwald Boateng

  Dream, Determination, Work

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• If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money, but if they believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.

  Simon Sinek

  Leadership, Jobs, Believe

  "How great leaders inspire action". TEDxPuget Sound Talk, www.ted.com. September 2009.

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• It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

  Barack Obama

  Children, Blood, Sweat

  "2008: The year in review" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. December 26, 2008.

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• Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.

  Ray Kroc

  Inspirational, Basketball, Business

  1988 Quoted by Penny Moser 'The McDonald's Mystique', in Fortune, 4 Jul.

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• I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

  Winston Churchill

  Determination, Military, War

  Speech in House of Commons, 13 May 1940

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• Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

  Billy Graham

  Strength, Christian, Self

  Billy Graham (2010). “Unto the Hills: A Daily Devotional”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

  Winston Churchill

  Fear, War, Greatest Victory

  Speech in House of Commons, 13 May 1940

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• I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

  Winston Churchill

  Giving Up, Government, Blood

  Speech in House of Commons, 13 May 1940

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• There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success.

  Bear Bryant

  Motivational, Leadership, Basketball

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• There comes a point when you have to realize that the sum of all your blood, sweat, and tears will ultimately amount to zero.

  Max Brooks

  Zero, Blood, Sweat

  Max Brooks (2010). “World War Z”, p.43, Gerald Duckworth & Co

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• You have to be prepared to give creative work 150%. I hear a lot of young people talking about life/work balance, which I think is great when you’re in your 30s. If you’re in your 20s and already talking about that, I don’t think you will achieve your goals. If you really want to build a powerful career, and make an impact, then you have to be prepared to put in blood, sweat, and tears.

  Ellen Lupton

  Powerful, Thinking, Impact

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• My life is the direct product, if you will, of the legacy of the blood, sweat and tears of the NAACP and so today I'm particularly mindful that the NAACP has made America what it is, and certainly made my life possible and we are all grateful heirs of that legacy.

  Cornell William Brooks

  Grateful, Blood, Sweat

  "NAACP Selects Lawyer Cornell William Brooks as New President". www.nbcnews.com. May 17, 2014.

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• If you want something good to come out of something, you have to put in a lot of effort. That involves a lot of hard work, and a lot of blood, sweat and tears sometimes. No different to anything, no different to what we all do.

  Ed O'Brien

  Hard Work, Blood, Sweat

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• Because if the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you’ll never become that person.

  Clayton Christensen

  Decisions You Make, Blood, Sweat

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• I don't care what's probable. Through blood, sweat, and tears, I am unstoppable.

  Anthony Robles

  Blood, Mma, Sweat

  Anthony Robles (2012). “Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion”, p.97, Penguin

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• We must know the difference between sweat and tears. Sweat is wet. Tears are wet. Sweat is salty. Tears are salty. But progress comes through sweat. Progress never came through tears.

  Jesse Jackson

  Sweat, Differences, Progress

  Jesse Jackson, Roger D. Hatch, Frank E. Watkins (1987). “Straight from the heart”, Fortress Pr

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• An old minister explained the smudges on his sermon outlines by saying they were caused by sweat and tears. And without those two marks, a sermon is not a sermon.

  Vance Havner

  Sweat, Two, Tears

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• A lot of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into this career of mine.

  Kevin Hart

  Blood, Careers, Sweat

  "Getting Real with Kevin Hart". Interview with J. Rentilly, www.menshealth.com. January 17, 2014.

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• We want to be proud of our work and make sure it's worth the talent of the animators, who spent four years of their love, sweat and tears on it.

  Jennifer Yuh Nelson

  Sweat, Years, Tears

  "'Kung Fu Panda 3': Directors, Producer on Shaping a Worthy Sequel and Po’s Future". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 13, 2016.

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• This means a lot. I'm being recognized for all the blood, sweat and tears I put into a 17-year career.

  Patrick Ewing

  Mean, Blood, Years

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• Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want. The person not reaching the top is no less a success than the one who achieved it, if they both sweated blood, sweat and tears and overcame obstacles and fears. The failure to be perfect does not mean you're not a success.

  Fran Tarkenton

  Success, Mean, Views

  FaceBook post by Fran Tarkenton from May 22, 2013

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