Charles Baudelaire Quotes

I'm just living my life. I'm incredibly disciplined and I work incredibly hard. I show up for things on time, I do my homework, and I work my ass off. I've had a lot of luck, but I work really, really hard.

The common denominator for success is work.

Working really hard is what successful people do.

U2 and folks like that. They all have that similar drive and that belief in themselves. They're early birds ... they're up working when everyone else is sleeping. They're simply all great at what they do.

I work every day - or at least I force myself into office or room. I may get nothing done, but you don't earn bonuses without putting in time. Nothing may come for three months, but you don't earn the fourth without it.

Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.

It takes time to create excellence. If it could be done quickly, more people would do it.

Writing or making anything-a poem, a bird feeder, a chocolate cake-has self-respect in it. You're working. You're trying. You're not lying down on the ground, having given up.

My parents taught me as a kid: do your work. Do it well. Try as hard as you can, whatever it is. It will one day, for the long run, it will make some sort of change somewhere.

When things are starting to work, you get up at five in the morning thinking, what are we going to do today? You stay up until one in the morning getting it done, and then you start the next day with the same energy, because it's working!

Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.

Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.

To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone - just plain going at it, in pain and delight. To be a writer is to throw away a great deal, not to be satisfied, to type again, and then again, and once more, and over and over...

It's very simple: When you're working your hardest, the world opens up to you.

I just want to work hard. I love that feeling.

Effort is grossly underrated.

Talent is never enough. With few exceptions the best players are the hardest workers.

When you’re out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that.

If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.

Discipline - Success doesn't just happen. You have to be intentional about it, and that takes discipline.

I like hard work. I like putting the effort towards it and then being able to look at it and go, "All right, I did that."

Wherever work is done, victory is attained.

Hard work will always bring opportunities

I always remind my kids that hard work pays off. That's how I got to where I am right now because of sacrifice and the work I put into it.

If you want success, you have to work hard at it and realize that it takes time; it doesn't come to you overnight.