John Muir Quotes

Hell itself must yield to industry.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

There are a lot of things in business that are completely out of your control, but hard work isn't one of them.

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

The only constant I can find is hard work.

Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.

There is no substitute for hard work.

There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry.

Good things happen to those who hustle.

I just keep my head down and work hard on what I do.

From my father, I learned the importance of working sincerely at things to which I had committed myself, and to persevere untiringly even in the face of little progress.

Nothing beats hard work.

I just keep working.

Very few people get into that category of being a good grafter.

I'm one of those guys who's a hard worker.

For the last three years that I have tried, people are laughing at me and saying that I was trying too hard. And my answer is yeah, I really am trying hard.

The only thing I can do is work hard.

I work hard.

You have to fight for the things you want.

Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

We have to fight the entire time, we can't start at the end when it's getting down to crunch time. We can't leave anything on the floor.

Most people with a big idea, great talent and/or something to say don't get lucky at first. Or second. Or even third. It's so easy to conclude that if you're not lucky, you're not good. So persistence becomes an essential element of good, because without persistence, you never get a chance to get lucky.

If you are hardworking and determined, you will make it and that's the bottom line. I don't believe in an easy way through.

I've had smarter people around me all my life, but I haven't run into one yet that can outwork me. And if they can't outwork you, then smarts aren't going to do them much good.