Janet Evanovich Quotes

In my second year in Los Angeles, when I was eighteen, I wasn't getting any bookings, so I stopped going out, stopped partying. It was a matter of getting to the work. I had to focus.

It was a long, circuitous route from my mom's real estate business to Netflix. It didn't happen overnight. Or in a year. Or even in ten years. But it happened.

I come from zero and I've had to push myself up to where I am today. I'm not going to give up and I'm going to keep pushing.

You need to push yourself, and in time, everything will come together at the right time.

Nothing of great value in this life comes easily.

Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.

Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiselingand scraping and polishing.

The road to success is long and up hill all the way

Even after I got some recognition and success, I still had to work hard and prove myself.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing.

I don't think you should just do what makes you happy. Do what makes you great. Do what's uncomfortable and scary and hard but pays off in the long run... Let yourself fail... And pick yourself up and fail again. Without that struggle, what is your success anyway?

Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist.

It takes time to get to the top, and that's good - because by the time you get there, you'll have learned what you need to know in order to stay there.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

There are few things that you can't do as long as you are willing to apply yourself.

Get off your bottom and be the stand, and do the work you can to pursue the American Dream for yourself, and help others to do the same.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

I believe that anyone can become better, if you put in the effort.

You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up.

I love acting and making your own luck. You have to recreate yourself, I guess. Although, I don't know how.

I don't feel like I've nearly got to the place where I'm ready to even slow down.

I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be.

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.