David O. McKay Quotes

It takes sacrifice as well as talent.

If you want success, figure out the price, then pay it.

Whatever it is you seek, you have to put in the time, the practice, the effort. You must give up a lot to get it. It has to be very important to you. And once you have attained it, it is your power. It can't be given away : it resides in you. It is literally the result of your discipline.

Doing good stuff or stuff that you are proud of takes time and takes effort.

There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.

I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be.

Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

I try to do my best.

All I really try and do is live up to my potential and do as well as I possibly could and to bring to the ballpark each and every day a good effort and do the best that I could each and every day.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.

What I feel like I'm doing is showing people what is humanly possible when someone commits their entire life to something.

The best answer and the best way forward to young women out there who want to get ahead is work your tail off. Work harder than everybody. Be better than everybody else. Do better. Try harder.

You have to keep trying to get better.

Listen: God doesn't care whether or not you make your next jump shot. God will give you a lot of things in life, but he's not going to give you your jump shot. Only hard work will do that.

Hard work pays off if you stay true to yourself and dedicated.

Winning is, of course, rewarding; who doesn't enjoy winning? But for me, it's about more than just winning: it's about knowing I'm putting in the day-to-day work to get a little bit better every time.

I don't really see myself as a talented player. I just like working hard, and working hard brings great achievements.

It's really all about getting the people to believe in you and the harder you work, the better you become.

Everyone must remember that when you experience success, you should never leave behind the cause of it - which is effort and dedication.

Success always demands a greater effort.

Hard work is the price we must pay for success

There's no secrets or magic tricks to being successful in life. It's plain and simple. Work harder than everyone else and the only way to do that is to do it. It may sound silly but it's the truth and there aint nothing to it but to do it!