Eleanor Tomlinson Quotes

I am getting some good offers still. Some nice things are coming my way just as they always have, so unless I lose my inspiration or there is too much drool to wipe, I will keep going.

I never underestimate luck and working hard.

Being passed up by teams because of my size made me hungry. I've seen a lot of first-round guys who come in and never really do nothing because they may not appreciate the opportunity because everything has been given to them. I think guys who come from the bottom understand how hard it is, so they appreciate the opportunities more.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

I'm not a believer of luck. I think opportunity and hard work becomes luck.

I know I've been lucky. But it's what you do with that luck afterwards that really defines whether you stick around.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.

I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

I think the tougher the challenge the better.

Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.

Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.

I've certainly been very blessed. I can only say that I worked very hard in class and on set doing the best that I can at the moment. I was incredibly blessed with 'Battlestar'... I tried to work my little butt off just to keep up with everybody else and not too many people kicked me.

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.

I thrive on obstacles. If I'm told that it can't be told, then I push harder.

It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.

The dream doesn't lie in victimization or blame; it lies in hard work, determination and a good education.

I would say that I've been lucky. Being blessed and not really ever giving up.

Life's a challenge, but that's the best part.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

There's a big difference between where I came from and the NFL. Things like this don't happen to people from there often. It just took a lot of hard work and dedication, staying on the right path, believing in myself, and having an inner drive.

All I know is what I have been given and what opportunities lie before me. Try to make the best of them, and I'm not going to give up until I make it to the top.