Hard Work Quotes

I wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; and I went platinum. I've been working nonstop since I was 15. I don't even know how to chill out.

Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.

It's about you putting in the work, practicing every day, and hopefully one day you write the song the whole world wants to get down to. And one day you're going to be sitting next to Ellen DeGeneres talking about how you broke records and rocked the Super Bowl!

The more you write tunes, the better they will become. The more you do gigs, the better you will become. It's just kind of like the facts of life; the practice makes perfect thing. Keep your fingers crossed, start from the bottom and work your way up.

I don't just sing for free. It's my work. You're paid for what you do. And I work hard.

My fashion is my most prized possession for two reasons: 1) because it is a visualization of all the hard work I've put in to get where I am today; 2) because it is a legend to the encyclopedia of my life. It is exactly what I've aimed to seep into the artistic consciousness of people all over the world - that life is an art form.

In the end, the most important thing is to be true to yourself and those you love and work hard. I mean, work like there's no tomorrow. Train. Strive. I mean, really train and cultivate your talent to the highest degree. Be the best at what you do. Get to know more about your field than anybody alive. Use the tools of your trade, if it's books or a floor to dance on or a body of water to swim in. Whatever it is, it's yours.

I have always maintained that, excepting fools, men did not differ much in intellect, only in zeal and hard work; and I still think there is an eminently important difference.

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.

It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple.

Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence.... Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.

Success is the result of hard work.

Education isn't play--and it can't be made to look like play. It is hard, hard work. But it can be made interesting work.

Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration!

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

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

There is no substitute for hard work.