M. H. Abrams Quotes

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

I guarantee the people who study are going to be successful. Nothing can replace hard work.

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

Success in any endeavor requires single-minded attention to detail and total concentration.

It's not just about waking up and trying to be a star... It's practice, practice, practice.

The advice that I can give anyone wanting to be in the biz: do all the work, learn your craft. There are no shortcuts. If you stay with it, you will get an opportunity.

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.

My trick is the trick that everyone knows: Work really hard and prepare.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

My style is I work hard at it. I feel like I'm prepared every day.

There are other players who were more talented, but there is no one who could out-prepare me.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

Work on your game. Block everything else out. Don't worry about your brand. Work on your game. So you can come into the league ready and prepared.

Behind every easy role, there is a lot of hard work that goes in.

Whatever you do, just learn about what you're doing; get into it.

You can only be that confident if you know you've done the work.

A lot of times, when you see someone do something, whether it's sports or multimedia or whatever their profession is, you think it just starts when you see them; you don't realize all of the sweat equity that goes into it.

If you work hard at something, you can forget everything else.

I just come every day, do my stuff before the game, work hard. You work hard, and it pays off.

Whatever project I sign up for, I try to familiarize myself with the material as much as possible before I start.

I had great grades. Why? Because I studied twice as long and twice as hard as everybody else.