Hard Work Motivational Quotes:

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

- Thomas A. Edison

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, About Success, Innovation Inspiration

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

- Haile Gebrselassie

source: "Haile Gebrselassie shares secrets of his success". Interview with Susannah Palk, www.cnn.com. April 15, 2011.

topic: Hard Work, Commitment, Discipline, Hard Work And Dedication, Hard Work Dedication

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

- Jimmy Johnson

topic: Inspirational, Positive, Basketball, Softball Team, Inspirational Hard Work

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

- Stephen Leacock

source: Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.91, University of Toronto Press

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Daily Work, True Believer

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.

- David Bly

topic: Inspirational, Hard Work, Trying, Inspirational Hard Work, Motivational Work

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

- David Rockefeller

topic: Motivational, Success, Hard Work, Inspirational Hard Work, Inspired To Work

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

- Theodore Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Encouraging, Job Satisfaction, Motivational Job

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

- Randy Pausch

topic: Wall, Inspirational Life, People, Inspirational Hard Work, Cards You're Dealt

Choose a career you love and you will never have to go to work.

- Denis Waitley

topic: Careers, Inspirational Determination, Inspirational Father, Inspirational Hard Work, Inspirational Passion

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

- Calvin Coolidge

topic: Work, Mean, Effort, Inspirational Hard Work, Inspired To 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.

- Sam Ewing

topic: Motivational, Success, Attitude, Good Character, Great Attitude

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

- Peter Drucker

topic: Work, Future, Entrepreneur, Inspirational Hard Work, Strategic Leadership

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

- Wayne Gretzky

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Fitness, Thought Of The Day, Self Determination

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

- Napoleon Hill

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Change, Had A Great Time, Top Management

There is no substitute for hard work.

- Thomas A. Edison

topic: Morning, Motivation, Hard Work, May Day, Inspirational Hard Work

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

- Colin Powell

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Journey To Success, Inspiring Business

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

- Will Rogers

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Daily Work, Management Motivation

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

- Louis Pasteur

source: "There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem". Book by Wayne Dyer, 1975.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Self Determination, Inspirational Achievement

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

- Jim Rohn

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Encouragement, Unsuccessful, Journey To Success

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Succeeding In Life, Organic Architecture

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

- Beverly Sills

source: "Conquering an Enemy Called Average". Book by John Mason, 1996.

topic: Positive, Shortcuts, Grad, Go Hard, Inspirational Graduation

I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Success, Thinking, Pay, Inspirational Determination, Memento Mori

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

- Arnold Palmer

source: FaceBook post by Arnold Palmer from Oct 04, 2016

topic: Inspirational, Sports, Adversity, Inspirational Soccer, Inspirational Athlete

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.

- Randy Pausch

source: YouTube Channel "Carnegie Mellon University"/"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", www.youtube.com. December 20, 2007.

topic: Inspirational, Strength, Perseverance, Inspirational Hard Work, Last Lecture

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

- Colin Powell

topic: Dream, Determination, Military, Pursue Your Dreams, Dreamy

Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.

- B. C. Forbes

topic: Hard Work, Thinking, Careers, Inspirational Hard Work, Career Motivation

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

- Francis of Assisi

source: President Gellhaus’ Speech, annualmeeting.acog.org. 2016.

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Positive, Take Nothing For Granted, Inspirational Achievement

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

- Confucius

topic: Love, Inspirational, Life, Daily Work, Young Entrepreneurs

Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

- Paul Coffey

topic: Life, Sports, Perseverance, Inspirational Hard Work, Inspired To Work

Winners take time to relish their work, knowing that scaling the mountain is what makes the view from the top so exhilarating.

- Denis Waitley

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Success, Inspiring Business, Inspirational Hard Work

If I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.

- Madam C. J. Walker

topic: Business, Hard Work, Empowerment, Inspiring Business, Inspirational Hard Work

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

- Theodore Roosevelt

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Job Opportunities, Inspiring Business

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

- Dale Carnegie

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Marketing And Sales, Infinite Hope

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

- Ozwald Boateng

topic: Dream, Hard Work, Reality, Pursue Your Dreams, Dreams Can Come True

Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Motivational, Success, Football, Inspirational Determination, Inspirational Hard Work

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Positive Thinking, Optimism, Want, Daily Work, Social Responsibility

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

- Margaret Mead

topic: Uplifting, Work, Values, Motivation And Hard Work, Successful Work

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

- Thomas A. Edison

source: "An Enemy Called Average". Book by John L. Mason, 1990.

topic: Funny, Life, Motivational, Make Me Feel Better, Makin Money

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

- Ann Landers

topic: Motivational, Success, Teacher, Working So Hard, Inspirational Hard Work

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

- Vince Lombardi

topic: Inspirational, Life, Motivational, Favorite Sports, Journey To Success

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.

- Indira Gandhi

source: "Taking Charge : Every Woman's Action Guide to Personal, Political and Professional Success". Book by Joan Steinau Lester )p. 76), 1996.

topic: Success, Leadership, Witty, May Day, My Grandfather

Good things come to those who initiate.

- Susan RoAne

topic: Good Things, Inspiration And Motivation, Inspirational Beauty, Inspirational Health And Fitness, Inspirational Student

Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want

- Randy Pausch

topic: Happiness, Success, Peace, Inspirational Hard Work, Motivational Work

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard.

- Malcolm Gladwell

topic: Hard Work, Persistence, Function, Outliers, Doggedness

Those sweet lips. My, oh my, I could kiss those lips all night long. Good things come to those who wait.

- Jess C Scott

source: Jess C. Scott (2011). “Evolution (freebie)”, p.51, jessINK

topic: Sweet, Truth, Kissing, Inspiration And Motivation, Inspirational Beauty

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

- Tommy Lasorda

source: Twitter post from Aug 24, 2015

topic: Inspirational, Motivational, Sports, Baseball Games, Inspirational Determination

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

- Wayne Gretzky

topic: Motivational, Sports, Dog, Inspirational Athlete, Inspirational Hockey