Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jean de la Bruyere

Laziness begat wearisomeness, and this put men in quest of diversions, play and company, on which however it is a constant attendant; he who works hard, has enough to do with himself otherwise.

Jean Beliveau

Talent is a gift, but you can only succeed with hard work;

Jay McInerney

He insisted on a single trade secret: that you had to survive, find some quiet, and work hard every day.

Jay Leno

Here at work, obviously, I make the most money of anyone on the show, so I try to be the first one here and the last one to leave. I have the crummiest office. I try to balance things out, spread it around.

Jay Leno

If I have one advantage, it's that I will try to work harder than the next guy.

Jay Bilas

Hard work is not punishment. Hard work is the price of admission for the opportunity to reach sustained excellence

Moby

I love Thich Nhat Hahn. One of my favorite quotes of his (and I'm paraphrasing), he's talking about cultivating happiness, and he was saying, at the very least, just be happy you're not at the dentist right now. He was talking to someone who was having a really hard time finding joy.

Mindy Kaling

My whole childhood was like: Work hard, be quiet, respect elderly people, respect your parents, and just be unobtrusive.

Mike Rounds

We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra effort, do the hard work, absorb the criticism and make decisions that will cause a better future.

Mike Rogers

Although I may find the type of programming seen during the 2004 Super Bowl and the 2003 Golden Globe Awards disgusting and disturbing, we must always work hard to defend the cherished freedoms so clearly outlined in our Constitution, including a healthy and free press.

Mike Berry

Hard work ain't so easy, strength training is just plain old hard work and it ain't easy.

Kristine Lilly

If you care about the people you work with then you work harder

Kirsten Dunst

I've always been someone who is pretty hard on herself. But I've lightened up a lot.

Kirsten Dunst

Everyone goes through a hard time in their life.

Kirsten Dunst

Everyone goes through a hard time in their life, they just don't have to do it in front of tons of people and with our media the way it is. I did, and I'm lucky that I had the resources and the money to take care of myself. Now I love me, so I'm OK.

Kim Cattrall

I have a very healthy dose of self-loathing. But I think we all have a past of being whatever our story was, of feeling not good enough. It can propel you to work harder and do more, but it can also be a tremendous trap, and you cant see beyond it.

Kevin Costner

It's never bothered me to work hard. I've probably worked on some of the longest schedules in movie history.

Kevin Costner

You're just as good, and if you work harder, you can be better and you can be more than you think you can.

Kenny Chesney

I work hard but I play hard.

Kenny Chesney

Me and my band and crew have always lived by the code: 'Work hard, play harder.'

Julia Child

If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished - there will always be work you haven't done.

Julia Child

To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.

Murray Rothbard

Rule by the statist elite is not benign or simply a matter of who happens to be in office: it is rule by a growing army of leeches and parasites battening off the income and wealth of hard-working Americans, destroying their property, corrupting their customs and institutions, sneering at their religion.

Mohsin Hamid

I like the idea of an open, international London that thrives on attracting hard-working, talented people but has the confidence to tell them they must play by the same rules as everyone else.

Mike Dirnt

We work super hard to not have to work

Ivan Lendl

But it's very difficult, I can tell you I played the Czech Open a few times and it's very difficult just to go on to a scene where the course is prepared differently when the greens are fast and he's not used to it and they're hard as a rock and he's not used to it.

Guillermo del Toro

You think if you work hard enough, you can fix the precious things you've broken - rather than being careful with them in the first place.

Greg Kinnear

I find fear is a great motivator to work hard.

George Herbert

Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.

George Herbert

Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.

Jerry Bruckheimer

You can't be afraid of hard work or long hours. Sacrifice is important.

Jim Cramer

I wish it grew on trees, but it takes hard work to make money.

Jessica Savitch

For every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work.