Les Brown Quotes

Do what is easy and your life will be hard. Do what is hard and your life will become easy.

Care and diligence bring luck.

Happiness does not fall out of the blue and dreams will not come true by themselves. We need to be down-to-earth and work hard. We should uphold the idea that working hard is the most honorable, noblest, greatest and most beautiful virtue.

Rights are not easy to obtain, and once we understand this, we must work attentively and persistently - and never become careless or lazy.

Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.

If you work hard the fight's easy. If you don't work hard then the fight's hard.

I consider myself a laborer, building my career brick over brick under the sun.

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never.

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

From my dad I learned to be good to people, to always be honest and straightforward. I learned hard work and perseverance.

Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'

One must work; one must work. I have done what I could.

It's not because I'm lucky. I work very hard.

Whatever you do, don't take shortcuts. It's great advice to take and live by.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

I've worked very hard for everything I have and nothing has come easy.

Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves. Be thorough in all things, no matter how small or distasteful! The man who counts his hours and kicks about his salary is a self-elected failure.

It is in my nature to give the work I have all the discipline and due diligence that I am capable of.

Remember: when you knock on the door of Opportunity, it is Work who answers!

I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.

I spent my whole life working hard.

There's no shame in hard work.

My approach to parenting is the same as my approach to life: it's all about putting in the hours and working hard.