“Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”
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“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
“People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.”
“Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious. I would say, if you look at the body of his work, the character he is most like is the one in 'The Fugitive.' That's how he talks and jokes. That is the type of energy he has.”
“Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.”
“Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain.”
“Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.”
“Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other's work.”
“My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.”
“As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.”
“Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.”
“Sometimes what works 40 years ago doesn't work today.”
“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”
“Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.”
“I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.”
“People are saying that I'm an alcoholic, and that's not true, because I only drink when I work, and I'm a workaholic.”
“Believe that with your feelings and your work you are taking part in the greatest the more strongly you cultivate this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it.”
“I still work out on a daily basis.”
“Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.”
“For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.”
“Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.”
“I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.”
“I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.”
“It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period.”