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- Nov 07, 2020
Hard Work Quotes
On effort, discipline, and mentors who make the difference.
These quotes push back on the idea of shortcuts, whether the subject is transforming education systems or the sweat-and-concentration reality behind writing that looks effortless. See also Discipline quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom and dad are second-generation Greek-Americans who instilled in our middle-class family the values of hard work, self-reliance, and service, exemplified by my father's tenure as a U.S. Marine who was stationed at Camp David under President Truman.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.
- Thinking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Futures thinking is hard work. Fortunately, you do get better at it with practice. It's worth the effort.
- Discipline
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- Nov 07, 2020
Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
This acting was very hard work.
- Together
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence.
- Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always think it's because of you know hard work, hard training. And if Susie's training hard, you know, why can't I train hard to get a world record. I'm doing the same thing.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If Britain is to have a stable, affordable pension system, people need to work longer, but we will reward their hard work with a decent state pension that will enable them to enjoy quality of life in their retirement.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020