Charles Dickens Quotes

It pays no matter what comes after it, to try and do things, to accomplish things in this life and not merely to have a soft and pleasant time.

Every day of your life is struggle. You are always struggling to achieve more and more. So one can never say, 'I am not struggling.'

I want the good life, but I don't want an easy ride. What I want is to work for it, feel the blood and sweat on my fingertips.

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

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

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.

Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

I've done a lot of work to get where I'm at, but I have to keep working.

I struggled to learn basic skills, get a grip on markets, find my own unique voice, create story lines and come up to speed with the industry. I struggled for ten years before having any success.

I've had a normal life, but I have struggled to get here. It hasn't been handed to me and it hasn't been easy.

Certainly if we hope do enhance and extend whatever natural assets we were given, we must expect to make an effort, if not actually great labor.

To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.

When you live in the shadow of a big tree, you have to run twice as fast to get into the sunlight.

I have to work hard. I'm not naturally great at anything. I have to work really, really hard.

I've got to keep on working, keep on grinding, and keep on going out there to get better.

What I feel like I'm doing is showing people what is humanly possible when someone commits their entire life to something.

I've had to fight to improve my life. Nothing has come easily.

The painter Sidney Nolan once told me I tried too hard. Advice I've been trying hard to follow ever since.

We never stop working and learning.

You try to be the best you can and sometimes it ain't damn good enough.

I think, as a player, we have to work and fight for our dream, and this makes us grow up. We get old quickly - we leave our families to run for our dreams.

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.

I've got to continue to work on everything.

What I like is the journey, the year-round struggle to improve.