“In life, we all face unforgiving competition, unpredictable adversity, occasional betrayal, and too often: doubt and despair. These are inevitable roadblocks on the long journey of pursuing our goals. This will happen if we compete to win.”— Bruce Craven, cnn.com
“Exhausted or not, we’re all going to be back at our desks tomorrow, shoveling salad sluice out of bowls into our yawning mouths while trying to work up the energy to do something mundane. So, short of moving to France, where it's illegal to e-mail after hours, what can you do about burnout?”— Benjy Hansen-Bundy, gq.com
“Hey, you want to be taken seriously? Take things seriously. Do the work. Don’t coast.”— Edward Norton, tim.blog
“I am about to do something very bold in this job that I've never done before... try.”— Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky, Anthony Q. Farrell, Jim Halpert, John Krasinski, imdb.com
“I guess I’ve been working so hard, I forgot what it’s like to be hardly working.”— Daniel Chun, Michael Scott, Steve Carell, imdb.com
“Once I did that hard work, life opened up in a way that I never could have expected.”— Mandy Moore, bustle.com
“I'd rather be the worst competitor in the arena than the best fan in the stands.”— Jeremy Goldberg, instagram.com
“Practical tip: the same time & energy you’re using to see how your past projects “performed,” could be used to create something new and better. Make. Let go. Repeat.”— Ryan Pernofski, twitter.com
“Always work hard, never give up, and fight until the end because it's never really over until the whistle blows.”— Alex Morgan, successstory.com
“I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give.”— Roberto Clemente, baseball-almanac.com
“If I don't like it, why waste my time doing it? I'd rather work extra hard at something I do love even if it takes a little longer.”— Lizzie McGuire, imdb.com
“'Can't' isn't a word that I use. 'Quit' is not a word that I use. I feel like if you want something bad enough, then you work towards it.”— Kevin Garnett, asapsports.com
“When we see someone with well developed abs, we don't say, oh sure, he was born that way. Instead, we realize that a lot of effort went into it. The same thing ought to be true for people who understand science, or make good decisions, or are capable of emotional labor.”— Seth Godin, sethgodin.typepad.com
“I was an overnight success all right, but thirty years is a long, long night.”— Ray Kroc, amazon.com
“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.”— Simon Sinek, amazon.com
“Name one successful person who did not struggle in their life. Can you name one? Exactly, there are none.”— Meiko Patton, entrepreneur.com
“Do not be afraid of hard work. It’s the means to build competence that leads to success.”— Francis Kong, facebook.com