W. Clement Stone Quotes

Whatever it is you do, practice your art; practice your trade. Learn as much as you can about what it is you're doing and apply that as much as you can, because the application of it is what is going to mostly get you where you think you want to be.

One thing you notice is, there's a lot of people with raw talent, and then there's people who take that talent and work hard.

Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.

Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly until you learn to do it well.

I don't know any musician who got to the top without hard work. Take whoever you want. They all work bloody hard, harder than you think.

It's not just about waking up and trying to be a star... It's practice, practice, practice.

The advice that I can give anyone wanting to be in the biz: do all the work, learn your craft. There are no shortcuts. If you stay with it, you will get an opportunity.

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.

You only get better by playing.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

What makes knowledge automatic is what gets you to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice.

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

Yes, it's absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly - until you can learn to do it well.

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

If you want to be one of the best players, everything is hard.

Nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is.

Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for skill.

I will repeat a technique until it is mastered, no matter when that will be. One certainty though: it will be.

Those having the most time to devote to a line of endeavor usually become the most proficient.

The very essence of success is practice.

You do have to put in a lot time to get good at anything and than includes cartoons. So I think it's true of art and everything else.

My advice to an aspiring actor would be to never stop learning or working for what you want. Nothing comes easy, ever, if you want something, you have to work for it. By working for it I mean work on your craft, learn from people who have something to teach. It's just like anything else, practice makes perfect.

Sincere practice, makes the impossible possible.

It's all about learning your craft and honing it in and really paying attention to people who are doing it and what their advice is. It's like anything: it takes years and years and years. A lot of it comes down to work ethic.

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.