Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

I won't tell you that I'm lucky to be here because I know I'm skilled, and I know I'm talented in the ring. That doesn't mean that I don't appreciate the opportunity.

If you're good at what you do, people get really, really invested in that.

I appreciate good work no matter where it's coming from.

In the end, the work shows if you're good.

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame - but you shouldn't take it for granted.

That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated for what they have done.

When you do good work, people will notice you.

A man of merit owes himself to the homage of the rest of mankind who recognize his worth.

I have never laid a brick in my life. But my people have laid more bricks than anybody else put together. Because I know how to pay.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent.

Trotsky has earned it by his brilliant and unflagging work

I am someone that appreciates talent.

I don't care what business it is. I have the greatest respect in the world for that guy that can take an engine apart of a car and put it back together, or the house painter that can paint a perfect line, or the cameraman who can shoot the best shot. We're all talented in our own ways - just some of us make more money than others. That's all.

Cristiano deserved to win everything he's won in his career.

It feels great when people talk about your craft and you get noticed for it.

I think that, occasionally, fame and popularity can garner more attention for individuals or films. But as a person who believes in my craft, I like the romantic notion that skill and hard work is more important than notoriety.

I like building houses, working as a carpenter, painting. You work with your hands to the best of your ability, and at the end of the day, you go home with some satisfaction: 'I built that!'

Our statement's on the screen. Awards won't make it better, and a lack of awards won't make it worse.

If you've got the talent it'll shine through.

I appreciate greatness.

It was a great feeling to be named an All-Star starter, to know that my hard work is paying off and fans around the world are recognizing that.

You can be successful without learning music, but success has nothing to do with quality.