Work Ethic
“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.” ~ Vince Lombardi
“Success is like anything worthwhile. It has a price. You have to pay the price to win and you have to pay the price to get to the point where success is possible. Most important, you must pay the price to stay there.” ~ Vince Lombardi
“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
“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
“The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things.” ~ Mike Dooley
“Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.” ~ Thomas Edison
“I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.” ~ Larry Bird
Via Emily Goldfuss
“I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.” ~ Michael Jordan
“That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.” ~ Steve Jobs
“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted” ~ David Bly