Bill Gates Quotes

I never take a day off.

I'm kind of a grinder.

The only thing that could pull me away, was hard work.

Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.

All successful individuals have become such by hard work; by improving moments before they pass into hours, and hours that other people may occupy in the pursuit of pleasure.

I've been good about keeping my nose to the grindstone.

One must work, nothing but work, and one must have patience.

You've got to put your head down and do the work. There are no shortcuts.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

You can have fun, but when it is time to work, work hard and be focused.

I can handle a lot of work. I've always been able to. I'm a very focused individual. I come to my studio at about 7:30 in the morning and exit almost 5:00 P.M. In that time, those eight or nine hours, it's kind of laser focus on whatever I'm working on. There aren't really any distractions or anything.

To my mind, the best investment a young man starting out in business can possibly make is to give all his time, all his energies, to work - just plain, hard work.

When the time comes to work, I work.

Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do.

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.

I have a discipline that has served me very well in my career and in my personal life... and that's gotten stronger as I've gotten older. I've always felt if I don't just have a natural knack for it, I will just out-discipline the competition if I have to - work harder than anybody else.

I just keep my head down and work hard on what I do.

Many people who know me call me 'the hardest working man in the news business' because you're never, ever going to outwork me.

I am very, very diligent and extremely hard-working.

I like to work for four or five hours a day. I aim for seven days a week.

Do the day's work.

You just put your head down and do the work.