Top 101 Hard Work Quotes

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Going to work can be rough. Sometimes it is hard to get the motivation to work. With that in mind, check out the top 101 hard work quotes.

#101 – 90. Hard Work Quotes

101. Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Edison

100. It’s not about money or connections it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone. Mark Cuban

99. 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

98. An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field. Leo Durocher

97. There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time. Coco Chanel

96. It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up. Vince Lombardi

95. People who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do. Elbert Hubbard

94. The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. Muhammad Ali

93. There is no substitute for hard work. Thomas Edison

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

91. I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. Ellen DeGeneres

90. The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination. Tommy Lasorda

#89 – 80. Hard Work Quotes

89. Hard work betrays none. Hachiman Hikigaya

88. As I have gotten older and wiser I discovered that there are six things that I really loved about my job. Pay day, lunch time, quitting time, vacation time, holidays, and of course retirement. Tom Goins

87. I’m a designer, and I work very hard at that. People sometimes want to put down fashion by saying it’s frivolous or superficial, but it’s not that way at all. It’s actually very hard work. Donatella Versace

86. Work hard now, suffer and keep it up. Rewards are at the edge. Maxime Lagacé

85. This is the real secret of life to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play. Alan Watts

84. Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. Abraham Lincoln

83. To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all, cherish a magnificent obsession. Walt Disney

82. Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. Henry David Thoreau

81. When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity. Steve Pavlina

80. At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: I have to go to work — as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for — the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay warm? Marcus Aurelius

#79 – 70. Hard Work Quotes

79. Destiny is for losers. It’s just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen. Blair Waldorf

78. If people knew how hard I worked to achieve my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful after all. Michelangelo

77. Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig. Malcolm Gladwell

76. The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one. Oscar Wilde

75. Make each day your masterpiece. John Wooden

74. Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. Thomas Edison

73. I think the thing about that was I was always willing to work; I was not the fastest or biggest player but I was determined to be the best football player I could be on the football field and I think I was able to accomplish that through hard work. Jerry Rice

72. Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy. Barack Obama

71. All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. Walt Disney

70. Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed – there’s so little competition. Elbert Hubbard

#69 – 60. Hard Work Quotes

69. My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. Abraham Lincoln

68. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life — and that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan

67. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle. Steve Jobs

66. Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get. Ray Kroc

65. You can’t have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage worth ethic. Zig Ziglar

64. It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by then I was too famous. Robert Benchley

63. Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds. Gordon B. Hinckley

62. 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

61. Hard work never killed a man. Scottish proverb

60. I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson

#59 – 50. Hard Work Quotes

59. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses. Kobe Bryant

58. This is the real secret of life – to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play. Alan Watts

57. It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you. Dwight D. Eisenhower

56. Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. Newt Gingrich

55. It’s not what you do but that kind of job you do that makes the difference. Ben Carson

54. It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. Babe Ruth

53. The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope. Barack Obama

52. There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life. Alain de Botton

51. Life without endeavor is like entering a jewel mine and coming out with empty hands. Japanese proverb

50. Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. Bill Gates

#49 – 40. Hard Work Quotes

49. It’s not about money or connections – it’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone. Mark Cuban

48. Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far. Gary Vaynerchuk

47. All good work requires self-revelation. Sidney Lumet

46. I never viewed myself as particularly talented. Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping, I’m working. Will Smith

45. Men die of boredom, psychological conflict and disease. They do not die of hard work. David Ogilvy

44. I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. Thomas Jefferson

43. Without labor nothing prospers. Sophocles

42. What you don’t sweat out when you’re young will turn into tears when you’re old. Japanese proverb

41. Without labor, nothing prospers. Sophocles

40. Take up one idea, make that one idea your life. Think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. Swami Vivekananda

#39 – 30. Hard Work Quotes

39. There are people who try to look as if they are doing a good and thorough job, and then there are the people who actually damn well do it, for its own sake. John D. MacDonald

38. Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit. George Carlin

37. If hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock. Claude McDonald

36. I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. Jerome K. Jerome

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

34. The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained in sudden flight but, they while their companions slept, they were toiling upwards in the night. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

33. Doing nothing is very hard to do…you never know when you’re finished. Leslie Nielsen

32. The human brain is special. It starts working as soon as you get up and it doesn’t stop until you get to school. Milton Berle

31. Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. Ralph Waldo Emerson

30. Success at anything will always come down to this: Focus and effort, and we control both. Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)

#29 – 20. Hard Work Quotes

29. One must work and dare if one really wants to live. Vincent van Gogh

28. No matter how hard you work, someone else is working harder. Elon Musk

27. If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things, you’re excited to get up in the morning. Larry Page

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

25. Delegate your work. Stop spending dollar time on penny jobs. Mary Kay Ash

24. You just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. Elon Musk

23. Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come. Dwayne The Rock Johnson

22. Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it. Buddha

21. Quality is much better than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles. Steve Jobs

20. The only thing that ever sat its way to success was a hen. Sarah Brown

#19 – 10. Hard Work Quotes

19. There’s no talent here, this is hard work. This is an obsession. Conor McGregor

18. If you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, what you look like or who you love. Barack Obama

17. Ideas are like slippery fish. They seem to have a peculiar knack of getting away from us. Because of this, the creative person always has a pad and a pencil handy. Earl Nightingale

16. Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. Stephen King

15. No one understands and appreciates the American Dream of hard work leading to material rewards better than a non-American. Anthony Bourdain

14. A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well. Frederick Douglass

13. No one ever drowned in sweat. U.S. Marine Corps

12. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Thomas Edison

11. The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. Thomas A. Edison

10. Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen. Conan O’Brien

#9 – 1. Hard Work Quotes

9. The world belongs to the energetic. Ralph Waldo Emerson

8. A sign of a hard worker is one who works without complaint. Sarah Price

7. Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn’t be done. Sam Ewing

6. Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Helen Hanson

5. Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance? Edgar Bergen

4. When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really played. Dr. Seuss

3. I am a friend of the workingman, and I would rather be his friend, than be one. Clarence Darrow

2. Without ambition, one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. Ralph Waldo Emerson

1.Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goals: my strength lies solely in my tenacity. Louis Pasteur

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