Joshua Reynolds Quotes

I was a hard worker.

No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.

Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness.

There is a lot of hard work that needs to be done

Work hard. Hard work is the best investment a man can make.

Those who have attained things worth having in this world have worked while others idled, have persevered while others gave up in despair, have practiced ...the valuable habits of self-denial, industry, and singleness of purpose.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work

The price of excellence is labor, and time that of immortality.

Genius, without work, is certainly a dumb oracle, and it is unquestionably true that the men of the highest genius have invariably been found to be amongst the most plodding, hard-working, and intent men -- their chief characteristic apparently consisting simply in their power of laboring more intensely and effectively than others.

There is no substitute for work; what seems ease of performance comes from the greatest labor.

There is no substitute for work.

Genius may conceive but patient labor must consummate.

Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation.

Do everything to the best of your ability.

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

Should you be so unfortunate as to suppose you are a genius, and that 'things will come to you,' it would be well to undeceive yourself as soon as possible. Make up your mind that industry must be the price of all you obtain, and at once begin to pay down.

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.

There is no substitute for hard work.

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.

When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts.

Nothing beats hard work.

Accolades are there to congratulate you but also to make you understand that it's not over. You now have to continue trying to improve the craft and keep going. It's not something to rest on.

Look at my success. I didn't achieve it overnight. It has been the product of many years' struggle, and every year, my times have shown gradual improvement.

There's no shame in hard work.

If you want to be at the highest level, then you have to really work hard every day.