Deepika Padukone Quotes

Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program.

If you work hard and you're good, you can build something for yourself.

I never had a single thing handed to me. I had to fight for everything I wanted, like my education.

My path might not be the same as everyone else's, but I had to find a way. It's not by chance. It's not by coincidence. It's because I work hard for it... and I have to continue that to be successful.

Thanks to my upbringing, I always believed in myself and worked as hard as I could to get where I wanted to be. Nothing was ever handed to me.

If you want the best things in life you have to earn them for yourself.

I want to do it for myself. It's my goal and dream. All I can ask for is to get the chance and go out there and do the best I can, be as ready as I can.

The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed isn't your gender - it's you.

Freedom is the core of all human progress. It believes that nothing's given to us, but if you're willing to work hard. If you're willing to compete, the American dream is there for you.

I couldn't buy my way - I had to work my way. What a great quote: 'I couldn't buy my way into success, I had to work my way into success.'

I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot of admiration for anybody who can start with absolutely nothing and make a little something out of it.

If America had a motto, it would be pull yourself up by the bootstraps, work harder than the next guy, have a goal and achieve it.

Nothing in this league was ever given to me.

I knew I'm a hard worker and always wanted to be great at this game.

I see myself as the product of hard work.

I don't believe in handouts, I believe in working hard for what you want.

I have worked for everything. I am self-made and proud of it.

I don't want anything handed to me, I want to work for everything I have... that's the way I've done everything in my life.

I never want anyone to think I've been given a helping hand. I've always worked for everything, whether it be on the football field or away from it.

I am happy with the way things are turning out for me because it is only my hard work and no one else's push.

I want to work for what I have. If feel if you work for what you have instead of it being just given to you, people respect you a lot more because you understand what it takes, you've been there and done it. No one can just say it was easy because you took it. You didn't just get it. You took it.

People should be able to rise as hard, high as their hard work, their ambition, their talent will take them.

Nothing is given to you. You're going to have to work for it.

With drive and a bit of talent, you can move mountains.

I'm constantly reminding myself that the world owes us nothing. We have to make our way and we have to work hard, persevere and make our own way in the world because the world isn't waiting for us, so let's let the world know we are here.