Roisin Murphy Quotes

I have some pride in the things I've done, but I'm pretty hard on myself. Part of looking at my old work is to motivate me to try harder.

I just try to work harder and harder every day to improve and get better and better.

The path of least resistance will never make you proud.

The knowledge and experience which produce wisdom can only become a man's individual possession and property by his own free action; and it is as futile to expect these without laborious, painstaking effort, as it is to hope to gather a harvest where the seed has not been sown.

Doing good stuff or stuff that you are proud of takes time and takes effort.

Hard work breeds self-respect.

Success is not handed to you. You must work hard for it and you must never dishonor what you’ve achieved.

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.

It's important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them.

I'd rather stay out of the limelight until I've done something I feel proud of.

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 know I want to always do the best I can.

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

I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom the source of virtue, and of fame, obtained with labour, for mankind employed, and then, when most you share it, best enjoyed.

All intellectual superiority is the fruit of active effort.

For me, it is important to do well in what I'm doing, to achieve the goals I have for myself.

Stay humble, be fearless, and work, work, work, work, work, work.

I'm a firm believer that you can only get better by working hard.

I did not work hard in order to achieve more and to remain at the level of the player that I am and that I can be.

Seek wisdom. Wisdom waits to be gathered. She cannot be bartered or sold. She is a fight for the diligent. And only the diligent will find her. The lazy man - the stupid man - never even looks. Though wisdom is available to many, she is found by few. Seek wisdom. Find her, and you will find success and contentment.

Be honest and work hard to get what you want. Don't take shortcuts; you only cheat yourself in the long run. Success is not measured by money or fame, but by how you feel about your own goals and accomplishments and the time and effort you put into them.

Put up the dream. Put in the knowledge. Put out the effort.

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.

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