Lucille Ball Quotes

The writing life requires courage, patience, persistence, empathy, openness, and the ability to deal with rejection. It requires the willingness to be alone with oneself. To be gentle with oneself. To look at the world without blinders on. To observe and withstand what one sees. To be disciplined, and at the same time, take risks. To be willing to fail - not just once, but again and again, over the course of a lifetime.

I think the attitude I was trying to learn myself was to really try hard, to give a great effort, to really care, and to let the results go where they are going to go. But at the same time, I don't have to be happy, and I shouldn't be happy, with less than my best.

My mother taught me the most important principles, to be determined in life, to be disciplined, to be able to understand that there are some things that you can't do and other things you have to do, that you always have to be surrounded by love, that you have to be understanding.

Remember that all success is based on long-term commitment, faith, discipline, attitude and a few stepping stones along the way.

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

Talent doesn't win. Hard work, determination, and character wins. If you root your talent and ability in those things, then you have a powerful combination.

patience is an integral part of talent.

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

I always knew I had to work hard.

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

When I think about parallels between myself and an Olympian, I believe that success in the world of business is underpinned by very similar principles of perseverance and hard work.

The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.

The only constant I can find is hard work.

I just have to keep working hard.

I was a waitress for nine years, which I don't regret at all. It taught me about discipline. I was always writing; it took a long time to make a career of it.

Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.

I can just put my head down and train hard.

I don't take off as many days as most other producers and songwriters, so I'm working every single day, and I do songs every day. So it's just about finding time, scheduling, getting in and cutting the records. I make it happen and that's the name of the game. It's no excuses - you gotta figure it out.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.

You might not feel good, and you might not want to practice, but you still go out there and practice as hard as you can.

There are great disciplines from being a sportsman that you can transfer into being an artist. The preparation, the sacrifice, the constant desire to improve.

From Fred Astaire I learned discipline and hard work.