Work Hard Quotes

I think the high-tech industry is used to developing new things very quickly. It's the Silicon Valley way of doing business: You either move very quickly and you work hard to improve your product technology, or you get destroyed by some other company.

~ Elon Musk

I still work hard to know my business. I'm continuously looking for ways to improve all my companies, and I'm always selling. Always.

~ Mark Cuban

I've always had a 'Work hard, play hard' attitude to life - I still do - but sometimes you get involved in something that needs a calm, methodical approach.

~ Damian Lewis

If somebody says no to you, or if you get cut, Michael Jordan was cut his first year, but he came back and he was the best ever. That is what you have to have. The attitude that I'm going to show everybody, I'm going to work hard to get better and better.

~ Magic Johnson

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.

~ Ed Bradley

I think if you show up and you work hard and you're straightforward, you can always create your own opportunities. I hope I'm right.

~ Cory Monteith

And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond; that you do what you say you're going to do. That you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them and even if you don't agree with them.

~ Michelle Obama

You must respect people and work hard to be in shape. And I used to train very hard. When the others players went to the beach after training, I was there kicking the ball.

~ Pelé

I'm not cocky at all. You ask anybody, I'm one of the nicest guys. I try to be as humble as I can, but if you work hard, sometimes you know that you earned more respect.

~ Shabazz Muhammad

Follow your passion, be prepared to work hard and sacrifice, and, above all, don't let anyone limit your dreams.

~ Donovan Bailey

Follow your dreams. If you have a goal, and you want to achieve it, then work hard and do everything you can to get there, and one day it will come true.

~ Lindsey Vonn

You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.

~ Natalie Du Toit

I would like to instill in people just to work hard. As long as they keep at it, their dreams will happen.

~ Misty May-Treanor

I've shown that if you dream and are willing to work hard, you can achieve your dreams.

~ Mo Farah

It's hard because people always say, 'Follow your dreams,' but it's not a perfect world, and things don't always work out. But you've just got to work hard, and you can't take things for granted.

~ Stephen Colletti

Dreams do come true if you work hard and you get your head down.

~ Kyla Reid

In the household in which I was raised, the themes were pretty simple. 'Work hard. Don't quit. Be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful. Also, never whine, never complain. And always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.'

~ Michael Keaton

It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.

~ Rachael Ray

With reporting, if you work hard, you can usually pull something out. But writing humor doesn't respond to working hard, necessarily. I mean, you could just sit there and look at the page all day and maybe something will come.

~ Ian Frazier

I manage through a sense of humor. We all work hard, and work has to be a really interesting, fun place. And that has to start at the top.

~ Carol Bartz

Our educational system is not preparing people for the 21st Century. Failure is an essential part of entrepreneurship. If you work hard, you can get an 'A' pretty much guaranteed, but in entrepreneurship, that's not how it works.

~ Eric Ries

If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played.

~ Daley Thompson

Work hard for what you want because it won't come to you without a fight. You have to be strong and courageous and know that you can do anything you put your mind to. If somebody puts you down or criticizes you, just keep on believing in yourself and turn it into something positive.

~ Leah Labelle

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

~ Benjamin Franklin

Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.

~ Conan O'brien

Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place. Have faith in your own abilities, work hard, and there is nothing you cannot accomplish.

~ Brad Henry

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

Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work.

~ Kevin Eubanks

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

~ Theodore Roosevelt

Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.

~ Robert Griffin Iii

It has been a long journey, but if you dream and have the ambition and want to work hard, then you can achieve.

~ Mo Farah

I think it's important to always keep professional and surround yourself with good people, work hard, and be nice to everyone.

~ Caroline Winberg

If you work hard and you do your best, you can do anything.

~ Erin Heatherton

People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to the top level. And you have the people who get envy and jealous, yet are not willing to put that work in, and they want to get the same praise.

~ Evander Holyfield

Be patient, work hard and consistently, have faith in your writing, and don't be afraid to listen to constructive criticism.

~ Jonathan Galassi

The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.

~ Rafael Nadal

Our greatness has always come from people who expect nothing and take nothing for granted - folks who work hard for what they have, then reach back and help others after them.

~ Michelle Obama

I think our family motto is to always work hard, be humble, kind, and thoughtful about others around us.

~ Anwar Hadid

Work hard. Through determination and self-focus and discipline, you can accomplish anything.

~ Kimberly Guilfoyle

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.

~ William Hague