My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough. Votes: 2
Katee SackhoffHard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. Votes: 2
Robert HalfI don't work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister. Votes: 2
Ken LivingstoneSomething deep within me connected with hard work, nature and simplicity. Votes: 0
Jennifer Pharr DavisThe secret of all great undertakings is hard work and self-reliance Votes: 0
Gustavus Franklin SwiftWith determination, discipline and hard work all dreams become a reality. Votes: 0
Lailah Gifty Akita'Pale Fire' by Vladimir Nabokov was bloody hard work but really thrilling. Votes: 0
Domhnall GleesonI work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation. Votes: 0
Denzel WashingtonWe do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work. Votes: 0
Iain Duncan SmithThe one thing I've always done is work hard. That's not going to change. Votes: 0
Chamique HoldsclawAfter you've work hard to get what you want, take the time to enjoy it. Votes: 0
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day. Votes: 0
George Allen, Sr.I wouldnt say that I was a born performer, because I work very hard at it. Votes: 0
Anneliese van der PolIf hard work is the key to success, most people would rather pick the lock.
Claude Maxwell MacDonaldI doubt if hard work, steadily and regularly carried on, ever yet hurt anybody.
Arthur Penrhyn StanleyI do not believe in loving enemies; I have pretty hard work to love my friends.
Robert Green IngersollThe best and easiest lesson for me was to learn that writing is mostly hard work.
Bonnie Jo CampbellNobody is born as a champion. You have to earn it through hard work. Get started!
Wladimir KlitschkoNobody wants to be a lawyer - it's hard work. But it was kind of my academic route.
Vinny GuadagninoThe self cannot be escaped, but it can be, with ingenuity and hard work, distracted.
Donald BarthelmePeople don't know and they shouldn't know that you work incredibly hard as an actor.
James GandolfiniYou have to work hard not to take your partner for granted, even when you are tired.
Nicole Ari ParkerSurfing is so much work. It's one of those things that I just love, but it's so hard.
AnnaSophia RobbArt is rare and sacred and hard work, and there ought to be a wall of fire around it.
Anthony BurgessIn my family in particular, I think, there was a sense we have to work twice as hard.
Caroline KennedySurround yourself with good people that keep you grounded, work hard, and be patient.
Cynthia Addai-RobinsonWhen people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success.
Diego MaradonaEven if I'm playing a bad guy, I work hard to make him multi-leveled and interesting.
Isaiah WashingtonSuccess is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard.
Malcolm GladwellIf you don't back it up with performance and hard work, talking doesn't mean a thing.
Michael JordanIf you work hard doing the wrong job, is it really work? Or is it some kind of fakery?
D. J. MacHaleSo many people say painting is fun. I don't find it fun at all. It's hard work for me.
Edward HopperI think I work as hard as I do now, because of a lot of lessons I've learned early on.
Jake GyllenhaalIf you put the work in, and you show that you're willing to work hard, you'll succeed.
Liam HemsworthIf you work hard and you play well, all those critics quiet themselves pretty quickly.
Peyton ManningYou combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.
Sophia AmorusoWhen you get as lucky as I got, you have to work as hard as possible to earn that luck.
Daniel RadcliffeI have to work very hard to look the way I do. I want the girls out there to know that.
Gwen Stefanithere is time to play...and then there are times to work hard and get my fans an album.
Justin BieberIf I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard.
Madam C. J. WalkerNow I'm a pretty lazy person and am prepared to work quite hard in order to avoid work.
Martin FowlerIt's not the ideas; it's design, implementation and hard work that make the difference.
Michael AbrashAfter hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.
Michael BloombergI learned that I have to work hard every day, that I can't get down if I get in a slump.
Carlos BeltranI don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.
Janet JacksonTheres 3 things you need to remember in boxing, work hard, work harder, and work hardest
Manny PacquiaoThere is no magic to achievement. It's really about hard work, choices, and persistence.
Michelle ObamaMovie acting may not have a certain kind of glory as true art, but it is damn hard work.
William HoldenI think you just have to work hard for about 10 years before you know what youâre doing
Ben ChestnutPeople are not the best because they work hard. They work hard because they are the best.
Bette MidlerI believe that if you work hard enough and do things the right way recognition will come.
Fred FosterI'm a sluggish character; I'm a bit slow. For some reason I find it hard to work quickly.
Jarvis CockerFor the essential thing about the work of art is that it is work, and very hard work too.
Joyce CaryI find writing really hard, but then, every author I know finds writing really hard work.
Nicola CornickIn some ways you become who you really are, if you work hard enough on who you wish to be.
Jared LetoThere's less skill and more plain hard work to writing than anyone except a writer thinks.
Mabel SeeleyIt's really hard to get any work done in my apartment when my bed is also in my apartment.
Sasheer ZamataIf you're having fun doing what you're doing, you're gonna really want to work hard at it.
Ted LigetyIt is hard for 2 creative people to work together for that length of time and not fall out.
Big Jim SullivanIt's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am
Donnie WahlbergAmerica is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our people.
George W. BushWe are what we are because of the hard work, insights and achievements of countless others.
Karen ArmstrongThe goal of all your hard work should be to make your reality everyone else's fantasy land.
Martyn RooneyI wonder why people work so hard to become politicians just in order to do something wrong.
Masuji IbuseHard work and education will take you farther than any government program can ever promise.
Mia LoveHard work is rewarding. Taking credit for other people's hard work is rewarding and faster.
Scott AdamsI've really learned to compartmentalize the different parts of my life. I work really hard.
Terrence JYou know your talent. You know if you work hard, your hard work is going to pay off one day.
Albert PujolsHard work will always overcome natural talent when natural talent does not work hard enough.
Alex FergusonYou can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard.
Andrew DentonI continue to believe in miracles. But i know that miracles come to those who work very hard
Cinda Williams ChimaI have an I.Q. of 100 plus a little bit. I have to work real hard to get things when I read.
Darrell IssaEvery company should work hard to obsolete its own product line - before its competitors do.
Philip KotlerYou can serve or you can sing, and wreck your heart in prayer, working the world's hard work.
Annie DillardThe photographs don't arouse me. All I can think about is the hard work it took to make them.
Helmut NewtonI know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.
Kevin DurantIf your work is going to draw from life, you'd better work very hard to keep up with reality.
Lawrence KasdanFollow your passion. Help people along the way. Work very very hard and always come prepared.
Rita ZaharaI'm proof that great things can happen to ordinary people if they work hard and never give up.
Orel HershiserWork hard. Believe in yourself. It's not the publicity that sells the clothes, it's the woman.
Oscar de la RentaBecause nothing should be wasted In a world where sparrows work hard To prove there is enough.
Gary SotoIf you are lucky and work very hard, you may someday get to experience freedom from the known.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiSeventy-five percent of great art is hard work only about twenty-five percent is great talent.
Lee StrasbergIt's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.
Lorenzo di BonaventuraDrive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.
Richard BransonOpportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.
Shelby SteeleYou need a long hard day's work to reveal the logic of the craving for very bad tv and alcohol.
Alain de BottonMain thing is just to remember that hard work got me here and only hard work will keep me here.
Brandon StantonI believe if you work hard and you dream big enough, you can accomplish anything in this world.
Buddy ValastroWork as hard as you can to become as good an individual player as you can to help your team win
Doug CollinsA lot of guys have better genes but if you work hard and consistently, you can outperform them.
Frank ZaneMost people will not do the hard work it takes to make success easy. Don't be like most people.
Jeffrey GitomerIf hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept it all to themselves.
Lane KirklandA good novel is a conjunction of many factors, the main of which is without a doubt, hard work.
Mario Vargas LlosaThe germ of an idea doesn't make the sculpture that stands up... so the next stage is hard work
Mihaly CsikszentmihalyiWhen you work; don't expect your talent to be discovered. Work hard because it makes you happy.
Rita ZaharaWe work really hard never to get confused with what we know from what we think or hope or wish.
Seth KlarmanIt just seems to useless to have to work so hard, and nothing ever really seem to come from it.
Tom PettyTo work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damned hard.
Carl SandburgYou can go out and get anything you want if you work hard enough for it and believe in yourself.
Dustin PoirierOnce in your life, try something. Work hard at something. Try to change. Nothing bad can happen.
Jack MaI always feel like hard work leads the way, and from there, I leave it up to the powers that be.
James WolkMy experience is that relationships can be difficult, hard work. I love to be in a relationship.
Julie DelpyI understand. You work very hard two days a week and you need a five-day weekend. That's normal.
Neil SimonI work very hard on getting the songs as direct and examined as I can before I go in the studio.
Nick LoweWorkers work hard enough to not be fired, and owners pay just enough so that workers won't quit.
Robert KiyosakiI think that what my parents taught me about hard work, optimism and education still holds true.
Samuel AlitoI dedicate myself and work hard in the weight room and treat every practice as if it were a game.
Adrian PetersonIt is so much hard work writing your first novel. You're not even sure that it is possible to do.
Asa LarssonBut then there is the one who seems to have a hard time separating the actor's work from reality.
Audrey MeadowsYou will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.
EuripidesThey, all of them, work incredibly hard to make me seem clever and heroic, neither of which I am.
Hugh LaurieYou may not do well, necessarily, up front, and in order to be the best, you've got to work hard.
Michelle RheeIf you love music and you are good in it, you will be fine. But be prepared to have to work hard.
Nigel GodrichCreativity is a by-product of hard work. If I never have another really new idea, it won't matter.
Andy RooneyI loved the game - I loved the competition. But I never had any fun. All hard work - all the time.
Carl YastrzemskiI realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do.
Chris EvertEven talent is rarely distinguishable, over the long run, from perseverance and lots of hard work.
David BaylesPeople in the land of LaLa look like expensive wax fruit. And they work hard to achieve that look.
Erica JongHard work and a proper frame of mind prepare you for the lucky breaks that come along -- or don't.
Harrison FordYou can be strong as any boy if you'll work hard and train yourself in athletics, the way boys do.
Jill LeporeWork hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.
Jim RohnHard work, studying and perseverance will get you no where in life......it's all about kissing ass
Mark HoppusOne of the ideas I've clung to most of my life is that if I just try hard enough it will work out.
Meghan O'RourkeI have the responsibility to work hard and get ready so we can take this team where we need to go.
Philip RiversThe difference between a great man and a little man is their commitment to Integrity and Hard Work
Shiv KheraThe senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise that.
Zara PhillipsThe profile of a wealthy person is this hard work, perseverance, and most of all, self-discipline.
Zig ZiglarYou don't have to work hard to bring emotions. It all just comes naturally, you're there living it.
Camilla BelleIf all men labored hard every hour of the twenty-four, they could not do all the work of the world.
Harriot Eaton Stanton BlatchOn one of those rare occasions when Bach appraised his own life's work, he remarked: I worked hard.
Johann Sebastian BachI do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.
Kyra SedgwickTechnology should do the hard work so people can do the things that make them the happiest in life.
Larry PageWhat is learned out of hard work and trial is inevitably more powerful than what is learned easily.
Malcolm GladwellDon't wait for, expect, or rely on favors. Count on earning them by hard work and perseverance.
Marian Wright EdelmanReconciliation takes time. Sometimes many decades, as the example of Europe shows. It is hard work.
Paul KagameYou have to write or else the auditioning process becomes so grueling because it's so hard to work.
Pell JamesPeople work really hard to get to a certain point. But they have to work just as hard to stay there
Robin TunneyPeace is not a dream; it is hard work, and there is nothing naive, glamorous or simplistic about it.
Oscar Arias... My achievements in the field of chess are the result of immense hard work in studying theory ...
Alexander KotovWriting is hard work. But if you want to become a writer you will become one. Nothing will stop you.
Dorothy DayDon't be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams.
Dwayne JohnsonDreams do come true. But it will involve a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of studying.
Gabriel CampisiFilm work is hard work. It's long days, and quite often quite dismaying locations you have to be in.
Joanna LumleyAs footballers, we have time on our hands. Yes, we work very hard but we also have spare afternoons.
Joleon LescottI find it hard to manage somebody's work unless I have an intimate knowledge of how to do it myself.
Justin Kanyou cannot hope for change in others, you can only work toward it in yourself. And that's hard work.
Lisa UngerTo create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and order.
Madeleine L'Engle