John Burroughs Quotes

Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work.

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.

Happiness does not fall out of the blue and dreams will not come true by themselves. We need to be down-to-earth and work hard. We should uphold the idea that working hard is the most honorable, noblest, greatest and most beautiful virtue.

It needs time. Nobody wants to hear it, but that's the truth: if you want to have success in the future, you have to be ready to work now.

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.

You have to fight to reach your dream. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.

Endless effort, endless humility, endless modesty.

Hard work always wins in the end.

I've learned that anything in life worth having comes from patience and hard work.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

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.

There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.

A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.

When you work for something, no matter hard it is, no matter how time consuming, how draining it is, you work for it.

There's no secret it's hard work. Even though Brian's the love of my life, and he's absolutely adorable, it's not easy, and we have to work at it. But because we love each other and keep working at it, it pays off.

The fact is I gave everything I had to Kansas State when I was there.

There is no substitute for work.

Brilliant results don't just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus and sacrifice.

There is no act of love that is not an act of work or courage. No exceptions.

You really have to work hard and apply yourself and by applying yourself and working hard and being diligent, you can achieve success.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.