Jacqueline Woodson Quotes

It is the 'follow through' that makes the great difference between ultimate success and failure, because it is so easy to stop.

I know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.

In order to achieve great things in your life, you have to be consistent in what you are doing.

I never blame failure - there are too many complicated situations in life - but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.

You have to keep trying to get better.

Talent is cheap. What really matters is discipline.

This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.

Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.

Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.

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

It's important to work hard - there's no short cut around that.

Work hard at everything you do. Never give up. Never quit. Many people have talents but without the hard work you won't get anywhere.

I've found in life the more you practice, the better you get. If you want something enough and work hard to get it, your chances of success are greater.

If you work it will lead to something. It's the people who do all of the work all the time who eventually catch on to things.

Success isn't winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can't control all of them. Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren't necessarily the most wonderful athletes. I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.

Showing up is 80 percent of life.

I don't have Romário's technique, [Marc] Overmars' pace or [Patrick] Kluivert's strength. But I work harder than the others. I'm like the student who is not as clever, but revises for his exams and does OK in the end.

Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it. And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part.

In order to be successful at anything you choose to do, you must make a 100 percent commitment to what it is you are trying to do. If you put 50 percent of your ability into it, that is all that you will get out of it. You must discipline your body and your mind to work towards the goals you have set. Once you have made this decision, then the work begins.

The common denominator for success is work.

Effort is grossly underrated.

You will never possess what you are unwilling to pursue.

Nothing meaningful or lasting comes without working hard at it.

Dreams don't work unless you do

Applause abates diligence.