Mother Teresa Quotes

There is no shortcut to achievement.

I take pride knowing that I hustle, day in and day out.

If you work it will lead to something. It's the people who do all of the work all the time who eventually catch on to things.

The only constant I can find is hard work.

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

Do your best when no one is looking. If you do that, then you can be successful in anything that you put your mind to.

Happiness does not fall out of the blue and dreams will not come true by themselves. We need to be down-to-earth and work hard. We should uphold the idea that working hard is the most honorable, noblest, greatest and most beautiful virtue.

Don't cut corners or compromise to achieve your dreams.

Very few people get into that category of being a good grafter.

If you want to be at the highest level, then you have to really work hard every day.

Go to work every day, be the first one in and the last one to leave, and you'll know that you've done everything in your power to make your life better.

My dad taught me to work hard and to be the same guy every day. If that's going 100 miles per hour and working hard, then that's what I'll do.

I grew up in a family where the thing that was valued most was being a hard worker, and if you commit to something, you follow through.

You have to work your way up - that's how I was brought up and what I believe in: working hard.

I believe ability can get you to the top,” says coach John Wooden, “but it takes character to keep you there.… It’s so easy to … begin thinking you can just ‘turn it on’ automatically, without proper preparation. It takes real character to keep working as hard or even harder once you’re there. When you read about an athlete or team that wins over and over and over, remind yourself, ‘More than ability, they have character.'

All right, let's get to work again!-This is the spirit of people of genuine substance. Those who avoid hard work or neglect the things they have to do, who just while away their time, eating, sleeping, playing, watching television-such individuals will never experience true happiness, satisfaction or joy.

It is said that good things come to those who wait. I believe that good things come to those who work.

The common denominator for success is work.

My dad always told me to play hard and know that the people you're competing with and against are working just as hard or harder. So don't let them out-work you.

I know the most important faculty to develop is one for hard, continuous and varied work and living; but the difference between knowing this and doing anything consistent about it is often abysmal.

A soft, easy life is not worth living, if it impairs the fibre of brain and heart and muscle. We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage... For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.

Against the backdrop of people who avoid work, cut corners, and do half-hearted jobs, a diligent man stands out. Practicing diligence is an excellent way to stand out for Christ at home, in the workplace, and even at church. Today, complete each one of your tasks, however big or small, with diligence.

The people I admire are those who keep on producing and working and going on.

Sooner or later, the great men turn out to be all alike. They never stop working. They never lose a minute. It is very depressing.

I never blame failure - there are too many complicated situations in life - but I am absolutely merciless toward lack of effort.