“You always want to outwork your potential. As hard as you believe you can work, you can work harder than that.”— Kobe Bryant, youtube.com
“The happiest girls work their asses off — but they also recognize when it’s time to take a break, when it’s time to recharge, when it’s time to give themselves a well-needed vacation so they don’t burn out.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“I don't believe you can pay your problems away. I think you have to face who you are and suffer the consequences.”— Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Claire, Sian Clifford, imdb.com
“Never ever refer to yourself as 'lucky' to be exactly where you’re meant to be. You worked for this. Take the credit. Absorb the praise. Dance in the light. This was ALL you.”— Chidera Eggerue, girlboss.com
“Go see 'Hidden Figures,' and take a young person! It will give a more positive outlook on what is possible if you work hard, do your best, and are prepared.”— Katherine Johnson, brainyquote.com
“Everybody wants to be Beyoncé, but you don’t want to put in the work.”— Lee Daniels, Cookie Lyon, Taraji P Henson, imdb.com
“Let the refining and improving of your own life keep you so busy that you have little time to criticize others.”— H. Jackson Brown, amazon.com
“It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?”— Ronald Reagan, columbiaspectator.com
“Life is simple, really. It’s all about hard work. Honesty. Family. Words have meaning and actions have consequences.”— Chris Mundy, Jacob Snell, Peter Mullan, imdb.com
“Francine: You want your money, you unsupportive jerk? Fine! Here's your $5,000 back. Stan: You made all this in one day? Francine: That's right, I did. Through hard work and giving people incorrect change.”— Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker, Francine Smith (voice), Wendy Schaal, imdb.com
“Dennis: Lay it on us, bud. Mac: It involves us pulling up our bootstraps, oiling up a couple of asses, and doing a little plowing of our own. Not gay sex.”— Charlie Day, Sonny Lee, Patrick Walsh, Mac, Rob McElhenney, imdb.com
“A man is worked upon by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well.”— Frederick Douglass, amazon.com
“I am working very hard…like the Devil in fact (which perhaps I am). I think you will be pleased.”— Ada Lovelace, amazon.com
“An hour was allowed at noon for dinner and more chores. We stayed in the field until dark, then supper, and still more chores, family worship, and to bed; making all together a hard, sweaty day of about 16 or 17 hours. Think of that, ye blessed 8-hour-day laborers!”— John Muir, amazon.com
“Yet how hard most people work for mere dust and ashes and care, taking no thought of growing in knowledge and grace, never having time to get in sight of their own ignorance.”— John Muir, amazon.com
“A little bit of luck helps, yes, but the key element, which too many in our affluent society have forgotten, is still hard work—grinding it out.”— Ray Kroc, amazon.com
“A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.”— Thurgood Marshall, biography.com