Samuel Smiles Quotes

There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements. Most of us are inherently lazy. We would rather play than work. We would rather loaf than work...But it is work that spells the difference in the life of a man or woman. It is stretching our minds and utilizing the skills of our hands that lift us from mediocrity.

I was a hard worker.

There is no substitute for work.

An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.

I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.

There is absolutely nothing that beats hard work.

No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy; and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him.

Enterprise is better than ease.

He who labors diligently need never despair.

Instead of idleness, vanity, or an intellect formed by the spoon-feeding of others, my girls have acquired energy, industry, and independence.

I think anyone's success depends on working hard, Industriousness and Enthusiasm, enjoying what you are doing. You can't work your best if you're not enjoying what you are doing. No way you can force yourself to.

Work hard. Hard work is the best investment a man can make.

No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him. There is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil.

Labour is the source of every blessing.

Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work

Nothing is denied to well-directed labor.

You must work and should not be lazy if you want to be happy.

God helps those who work, not those who are idle. No one helps an inactive person, but one who joins in the labor. The good God himself will bring...work to perfection.

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

Work begets work.

I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic.

Without labor nothing prospers.