1. “Talent Counts, but Effort Counts Twice.” – Angela Duckworth
Being talented is helpful, but working hard is even more important. Putting in effort and staying dedicated will take you further than relying on talent alone. Success comes from persistence and hard work.
2. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas Edison
3. By working faithfully 8 hours a day, you may eventually get to be the boss and work 12 hours a day. – Robert Frost
4. “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.” – Steve Pavlina
5. “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt
6. “Purpose-driven organizations bound by values are stronger than profit-driven organizations bound by rules.” – Alexander Den Heijer
7. In a job, you sell your freedom (in the form of time) for freedom (in the form of money). – M. J. DeMarco
8. “If work were so pleasant, the rich would keep it for themselves.” -Mark Twain
If work was really fun and enjoyable, rich people would do it themselves instead of paying others to do it. This quote highlights that work is often seen as something hard or unpleasant.
9. “Make up for in numbers what you first lack in skill.” – Jim Rohn
If you’re not skilled at something yet, compensate by working harder and doing more. Effort and repetition can help you improve and succeed.
10. “No matter what, nothing’s going to be handed to you.” – Jesse Itzler
Success requires effort. Don’t expect things to be given to you; work for what you want.
To live unlike everyone else, you have to do what everyone else won’t.
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs .
“Work is therapy.” — Seneca .
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” — Confucius .
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau .
“Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt .
“Nothing will work unless you do.” — Maya Angelou .
“Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” — Gordon B. Hinckley .
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” — Mahatma Gandhi .
“Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.” — Frank Ocean .
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” — Thomas Edison .
“Success is dependent upon the glands—sweat glands.” — Zig Ziglar .
“Work as if everything depends on you.” — St. Ignatius .
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” — Theodore Roosevelt .
“Good things happen to those who hustle.” — Anais Nin .
“The harder I work, the luckier I get.” — Samuel Goldwyn .
“Work gives you meaning and purpose, and life is empty without it.” — Stephen Hawking .
“All wealth is the product of labor.” — John Locke .
“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” — Tim Notke .
“Dreams don’t work unless you do.” — John C. Maxwell .
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” — Aristotle .
“Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt.” — Satchel Paige .
“Don’t wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” — Jim Rohn .
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” — Vidal Sassoon .
“Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.” — J.M. Barrie .
“Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.” — Vaclav Havel .
“Work keeps at bay three great evils: boredom, vice, and need.” — Voltaire .
“Labor is the fabled magician’s wand, the philosopher’s stone, and the cap of good fortune.” — James Weldon Johnson .
“Work is love made visible.” — Kahlil Gibran .
“Work, work, work. That’s all I want to do.” — M.C. Escher .
“The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.” — Jonas Salk .
“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.” — James Allen .
“Work isn’t to make money; you work to justify life.” — Marc Chagall .
“What we hope ever to do with ease, we must first learn to do with diligence.” — Samuel Johnson .
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” — Colin Powell .
“Work is not man’s punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.” — George Sand .
“I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.” — Thomas Edison .
“A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.” — Elbert Hubbard .
“Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” — Rumi .
“Work spares us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and need.” — Voltaire .
“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” — Vince Lombardi .
“The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.” — Richard Bach .
“Work is the source of nearly all the misery in the world. Almost any evil you’d care to name comes from working or from living in a world designed for work.” — Bob Black .
“Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.” — Madeleine L’Engle .
“All things are difficult before they are easy.” — Thomas Fuller .
“Never tire of working hard for what you love.” — Anonymous .
“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” — Mark Twain .
“Work gives you meaning and purpose, and life is empty without it.” — Stephen Hawking .
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain .
“Good work, like good play, should excite your imagination and give you satisfaction.” — George Leonard .
“The price of success is hard work, dedication, and determination.” — Vince Lombardi .