Jerry Cantrell Quotes

Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.

Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it that succeed.

I'm hard-nosed about luck...If you're persistent in trying and doing and working, you almost always make your own fortune.

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves.

Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

The big talent is persistence.

Many people may say that luck is important, but I think you create your own luck by working hard to ensure you don't miss opportunities.

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

Don't expect fame to come overnight. That filtered through to me in my own career. Look at Madonna: she's not the best singer in the world, but she's got where she has through hard work.

The harder I work, the luckier I get.

The one thing that matters is the effort.

The more I practice the luckier I get.

Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.

Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

There is no substitute for hard work.

The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

You do anything long enough, and somebody will end up paying attention to it.

Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.

I can't tell you the number of times I was one of the first people at the arenas or at TV, constantly trying to better myself. I can honestly say that my hard work paid off. My resilience paid off. My persistence paid off.

You never know when the break is going to come, so you have to keep plugging away.

I think most of my success is my dedication, not my talent.

If you don't meet luck halfway with really hard work, luck won't get you all the way there.