Sarah Silverman Quotes

Talented people without discipline don't go anywhere.

I've come across enough successful people now to know that the best in whatever walk of life, they're the ones who just work the hardest. I realized that if I want to be the best and fulfill my potential, I'm going to have to do the same thing. And for those who are lucky enough to be born with a gift and then choose to work the hardest-I mean, that's the combination.

Self-discipline without talent can often achieve astounding results, whereas talent without self-discipline inevitably dooms itself to failure.

Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

There are plenty of smart people who get nowhere.

Some guys have all this talent, and you wonder why they can't put it all together. Well, they don't do any of the little things.

Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.

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

Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling

Talent without work is useless, thank God

Working really hard is what successful people do.

It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity.

My father always said excuses are the crutches for the untalented.

Many successful people are no more talented than unsuccessful people. The difference between them lies in the old axiom that successful people do those things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.

Few people are lacking in capacity, but they fail because they are lacking in application.

All successful individuals have become such by hard work; by improving moments before they pass into hours, and hours that other people may occupy in the pursuit of pleasure.

If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.

The most successful people have the same twenty-four hours in a day that you do.

I want to do good work. I want the opportunity to work with good people, and the only way I'm gonna do that is to commit 110% - you get out what you put in.

Successful people do all the things that unsuccessful people don't want to do.

Energy is something you can control, in everything you do, you're going to face people more talented than you. I set myself apart by bringing more energy than they do.

But just because you love something, I added to myself, doesn't mean you'll ever be great. Not if you don't work. Most people stink at the things they love.

People see successes that men have made and somehow they appear to be easy. But that is a world away from the facts. It is failure that is easy. Success is always hard. A man can fail easily; he can succeed only by paying out all that he has and is.

A lot of times, people say that if you work hard and never give up, it will always work out, which is a great message. However, that's not always the case.