I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
The harder I work the more I live.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.
A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes a lot of hard work.
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.
I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
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.
Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
The State of the Union may look rosy from the White House balcony or the suites of George Bush's wealthiest donors. But hardworking Americans will see through this president's efforts to wrap his radical agenda with a compassionate ribbon.
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