Richard Diebenkorn Quotes

But all of this success came at the end of a long climb.

Nothing good ever happens by itself - it is achieved through striving, though this sometimes bears a high price.

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

The road to success runs uphill.

I have worked hard to get where I am.

Progress takes time and discipline.

We need to keep working very hard.

Hard work most often leads to success, but it's not every day, and it's not every week. It will pay off at different times over the course of your career.

I believe that success either comes overnight or slowly, but steadily.

I have worked long and hard to reach the level I have reached.

I've got to continue to work on everything.

I still want to make more plays, but you know it's going to come. You gotta keep playing, playing hard, continue to study, continue to get myself better, working on my technique, and it will come. Just gotta keep working.

If I'm working every day, it's like pumping a pump. When you start, rusty water comes out, and then it runs clear. I do it even if I get completely stuck.

Of course, nothing just falls into your lap - to get where I am now, I've worked hard.

What I like is the journey, the year-round struggle to improve.

Some guys have one good year and fade away. I've worked too hard to get here and it's took me too long to just fade away.

Strugglin' and striving, that's how the dough come.

There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice.

Changes are products of intensive efforts.

Nothing meaningful or lasting comes without working hard at it.

There's a little perspiration involved in bringing about change too.

Every inch of progress is won in struggle.

Enterprise is better than ease.