Famous Quotes & Sayings

Simone de Beauvoir

Today, however, we are having a hard time living because we are so bent on outwitting death.

Simon Sinek

Work hard to seem infallible and others will work to find our flaws. Admit our shortcomings and others will work to help us be infallible.

Simon Sinek

The goal is not simply to 'work hard, play hard.' The goal is to make our work and our play indistinguishab le.

Simon Sinek

The bad leaders are the ones that push hard so they can gain, who brow beat us so that they can receive the benefit of our hard work, not so we can enjoy the success

Simon Sinek

Good leadership is always human. It takes time and energy. It is hard work. Which is why good leadership is so special when we find it.

Thomas Carlyle

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.

Tony Dungy

He's probably the hardest-working guy I've been around who has great ability. Overachievers work hard because they have to. Peyton has rare talent, but chooses to push himself like he doesn't.

Tommy John

If you work hard everyday and bust your tail on every play, eventually people will notice and word will get around.

Steven Johnson

It may not be possible to 'win the future,' in President Obama's words, but if we're going to encourage more innovation, it's not enough for us to just dig in and work harder. We also need to encourage surprise and serendipity. We need to play each other's instruments.

Steve McQueen

I worked hard, and if you work hard you get the goodies.

Stephan Jenkins

Life is cruel and unfair, my friends, and that is fact.

Stephan Jenkins

It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here

Simon Cowell

The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.

Simon Cowell

Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise.

Sigmund Freud

A religion, even if it calls itself a religion of love, must be hard and unloving to those who do not belong to it.

Sigmund Freud

I cannot face with comfort the idea of life without work; work and the free play of the imagination are for me the same thing, I take no pleasure in anything else.

Shirley Jones

We assume that celebrities have it easy and so love to watch them having to endure a bit of hardship.

Shawn Johnson

Critique the performance, and respect the hard work put in.

Shabazz Muhammad

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.

Shahid Afridi

I have never compared myself to anyone, but it's hard to resist him!!

Shahrukh Khan

There is only one religion in the world-hard work

Shahrukh Khan

I work hard, like I'm sure everyone else does, and I'm very honest with the work I do.

Scott Walker

It all starts from the lyric with me. If I work really hard on the lyric and get it right, then it will tell me whatever else to do, where to go.

Richard Branson

Starting a business is a huge amount of hard work... You had better enjoy it.

Remy de Gourmont

Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time

Richard Branson

Look, if you can indulge in your passion, life will be far more interesting than if you're just working. You'll work harder at it, and you'll know more about it. But first you must go out and educate yourself on whatever it is that you've decided to do - know more about kite-surfing than anyone else. That's where the work comes in. But if you're doing things you're passionate about, that will come naturally.

Richard Branson

It's really important to find an hour or two to a day to make sure that you keep healthy, keep fit. It's very easy just to forget that aspect. And if you're feeling really good and fit, I think you can get two or three extra hours a day of hard work in as well.

Tim Howard

Stay humble, stay grounded, remember what got you to that level-and that’s hard work.

Tim Gunn

I'm constantly reminding myself that the world owes us nothing. We have to make our way and we have to work hard, persevere and make our own way in the world because the world isn't waiting for us, so let's let the world know we are here.

Robert A. Heinlein

Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play.

Rick Astley

Dont expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: shes not the best singer in the world, but shes got where she has through hard work.

Tim Allen

I think there's a percentage [of the audience] that don't realize, that don't know that [standup] is how everything began. We planned it, we work hard, rehearsals to get this. It's more of a ... it's not just coming in there in a T-shirt and holding a microphone.

Steven Wright

In a lot of ways, success is much harder than I thought it would be. I figured that you'd get here and then everything would be happily ever after. But, it's hard work, almost harder once you're successful because you've got to maintain it.