Ann Landers Quotes

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

I can control my effort, how hard I work and taking advantage of the opportunities.

Don't get me wrong: I've had a lot of fortune, to come where I've come from, to be able to move to Europe, to go racing. But I had that fortune behind me. I grabbed it with both hands, and I made the best of it.

It's shown and proved that hard work pays off. Make goals, achieve them and replace them with new goals.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.

Hard work always wins in the end.

Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.

I'm a big believer in luck - the harder you work, the luckier you become.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.

Inspiration is one thing and you can't control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work.

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

My life has been very lucky, but I made some of that luck.

Work hard, no matter how much recognition you get.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

Hard work always pays off, whatever you do.

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

Good things happen to those who hustle.