Pete Hamill Quotes

I think it's nice to know that people in the industry are paying attention to all of the hard work you've done throughout the years and rewarding you for it. It reminds you to keep doing it, to keep pushing yourself, and to always remain that way.

Doing as much as you can for as long as you can - that's the motto.

Know that even when you want to give up or throw in the towel, in the end it will all be worth the hard work.

Here's the truth about telling stories with your life. It's going to sound like a great idea, and you're going to get excited about it, and then when it comes time to do the work, you're not going to want to do it. It's like that with writing books, and it's like that with life. People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. But joy costs pain.

Effort is grossly underrated.

It feels like all my hard work is getting recognized. It makes me work even harder.

People know I work hard.

We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

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

I just have to keep working hard.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

Victory is the child of preparation and determination.

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

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.

The one thing that matters is the effort.

I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion.

Since I was very young I have always worked hard at whatever I have had to do.

On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.

It's not because I'm lucky. I work very hard.

I've worked hard all my life.

I have always worked hard, and seeing so many Icelanders make tremendous efforts to cope with difficult tasks and decisions inspires me.

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

Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.