Kanye West Quotes

Hard work's a good distraction.

To give the best of the day to your work is most important.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

When I came back from the military and completed a 4-year degree in 2 1/2 years, I developed the extraordinary habits needed to get a lot done in a very short period of time!

The first rule of doing work that matters: Go to work on a regular basis.

Discipline - Success doesn't just happen. You have to be intentional about it, and that takes discipline.

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

I have been very fortunate in worldly matters; many men have worked much harder, and not succeeded half so well; but I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one object at a time, no matter how quickly its successor should come upon its heels, which I then formed.

Diligence is not easy, but we can't reach our goals without it.

Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.

I come to the office each morning and stay for long hours doing what has to be done to the best of my ability. And when you've done the best you can, you can't do any better.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.

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

It's not how many hours you put in with a client or on a project. It's the quantity and quality of your energy - your focus and force - that determine whether that time is valuable.

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.

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.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.

I have a strong work ethic.

I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.

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

I want to just do my job and do it well.