Rosanne Cash Quotes

I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you can just ‘turn it on’ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you’re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, ‘More than ability, they have character.'

I know the most important faculty to develop is one for hard, continuous and varied work and living; but the difference between knowing this and doing anything consistent about it is often abysmal.

Nothing comes easy. I know that people joke all the time and try to figure out, you know, what it is that I do, but I work really hard. I get up every day at 5 a.m. and start my day. I think as long as you work really hard and figure out what you want to do and stay motivated and have a plan and stay committed - just don't be lazy. That's my best advice. It's the most simple advice, but it really worked for me. I think that for some reason, I see people that think things will come easy and it doesn't really come easy.

Patience, persistence, and power to do are only acquired by work.

Just got to keep going out there and keep swinging. That's all I can really do. Getting work in, doing everything I can to get ready for the game.

I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work.

There is absolutely nothing that beats hard work.

Success is a combination of effort, talent and hard work. There's got to be hard work and mental toughness. It's not just one thing that gets you there it's an accumulation of things

Effort, not ability, makes the biggest difference in achievement.

Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.

Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.

I take pride knowing that I hustle, day in and day out.

Drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.

I think one of my biggest lessons so far in life is that hard work really does pay off. It may not culminate in the way you expected it to, but I have found that when I really put my head down and apply myself, I often get a good result.

Whatever success people have in a field, it's a result of hard work. If you ultimately succeed in one place, you must have worked hard there or somewhere else.

Get your hustle on... Hard work is easy, working out is hard.

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 is no substitute for hard work. Never give up. Never stop believing. Never stop fighting.

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.

Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part.

The common denominator for success is work.

I know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.

I think my secret is that there's no shortcuts for hard work, determination and having that don't give up attitude.

Hard work and determination equals success. Nothing comes easy. Put your mind to something.

I always remind my kids that hard work pays off. That's how I got to where I am right now because of sacrifice and the work I put into it.