Samuel Smiles Quotes

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.

People who accomplish big things did small things well.

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

I've been good about keeping my nose to the grindstone.

One must work, nothing but work, and one must have patience.

When I'm doing something, I do work hard at it.

When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You need to stay at your desk and continue to try to write. You need to insist on it.

The lesson I learned is that sometimes the task you have at hand needs all of your concentration and focus.

I just keep my head down and work hard on what I do.

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

You need to have laser focus on doing your job.

When I am doing something I give it 100 per cent. I work on it, do it and go onto the next thing.

I'm kind of a grinder.

It gets hard no matter what it is you're doing - school, work - the only way you're going to do it is if you stay consistent and focused.

If you work hard at something, you can forget everything else.

I'm 32 this year so I'm experienced, I know how it is: sometimes you do very easy things and sometimes you can do crazy things that you don't understand. It's just to be focused on the hard work. For me, that's always the No 1 thing.

I've always worked hard and stayed focused.

I have a real worker-bee mentality. Just show up, just do it. Even if you feel like s--t and you think you're terrible and you'll never get better and it will never go anywhere, just show up and do it. And, eventually, something happens.

If you put in the work, put in the time, put in the effort, you're going to reap the benefits.

Talent is cheap. What really matters is discipline.

One day work is hard, and another day it is easy; but if I had waited for inspiration I am afraid I should have done nothing. The miner does not sit at the top of the shaft waiting for the coal to come bubbling up to the surface. One must go deep down, and work out every vein carefully.

Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

There is no easy method of learning difficult things. The method is to close the door, give out that you are not at home, and work.

Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.