Joseph de Maistre Quotes

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

I've been good about keeping my nose to the grindstone.

Persons with comparatively moderate powers will accomplish much, if they apply themselves wholly and indefatigably to one thing at a time.

When things aren't working out, we have a tendency to say, 'Go do other things,' but you shouldn't do other things. You need to stay at your desk and continue to try to write. You need to insist on it.

I think as far as kids go, you just have to work hard. Work on your skills, keep focused.

The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.

I just keep my head down and work hard on what I do.

I'm 32 this year so I'm experienced, I know how it is: sometimes you do very easy things and sometimes you can do crazy things that you don't understand. It's just to be focused on the hard work. For me, that's always the No 1 thing.

I've always worked hard and stayed focused.

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.

Writing day and night for months… that’s hard.

People who accomplish big things did small things well.

Diligence is not easy, but we can't reach our goals without it.

In summary, all great work is the fruit of patience and perseverance, combined with tenacious concentration on a subject over a period of months or years.

Thinke of ease, but worke on.

No education is worth having that does not teach the lesson of concentration on a task, however unattractive. These lessons, if not learnt early, will be learnt, if at all, with pain and grief in later life.

One must work, nothing but work, and one must have patience.

You've got to put your head down and do the work. There are no shortcuts.

When I'm doing something, I do work hard at it.

The main thing about writing is... writing. Sitting your butt down in the chair and doing the work.

When you put your hand to the plow, you can't put it down until you get to the end of the row.

I'm always studying and I've been doing it for a long time now.

When I learn martial arts, my master will have me try a punch for a week and he will keep saying, 'No, you don't have it. No, that's not right.' When he finally says, 'Yes, you did it,' it's a wonderful moment. You worked on it. You got it.

In baseball, you've got to keep working.

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.