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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never had it easy. There have been fortunate coincidences and instances, but nothing has fallen into my lap. Whatever I've achieved has always been through sheer hard work.
- Humility
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conductors make too much fuss about conductors! Humility and hard work are virtues. We're nothing without our musicians.
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I try to be straightforward and honest with my kids, and I believe nothing beats good old hard work.
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It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in poverty and my mother had to sacrifice a lot for us to eat and get an education - just imagine in a house where we were more than six children! But hard work and dedication is what it took for me to be here today.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hard work is something that comes without saying for us to achieve the things we want.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mentally, my key is just focusing on the little things I need to do in a race, whether that's tempo, turn entry, start speed, things like that. I'm not thinking about that much before or during a race. I just trust in my ability and all the hard work I put in and let the race come to me.
- Preparation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real preparation for races is done in the off-season. I put in the hard work during the summer and fall, and I'm always working on technique so that when the actual races come around I'm ready to go.
- Perseverance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never specifically associated with a part, I didn't have tons of money, I wasn't conventionally tall or handsome, so you know the things that were available to me were hard work and perseverance.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to tell my graduate students at Stanford, 'Don't worry about what job you have to pick because your job picks you. Let your job pick you. Find something you are passionate about. Then when you are passionate, be persistent. Just keep doing it for a while because progress is always hard work. It never rests in ideas.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through hard work, passion and determination my teammates and I transformed TFC and made it one of the best clubs in MLS and in North America.
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- Nov 07, 2020