William James Quotes

Struggling at anything that you want to be doing is hard.

There is no royal road; you've got to work a good deal harder than most people want to work.

I'm used to working hard and making sacrifices.

The only thing I can do is work hard.

It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn’t want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering.

I know that the hard work got me here. And the day I stop working hard, this can all go away.

He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]

There are no shortcuts. If you feel good, you'll look good, you'll play good. Work hard every day. No matter what your strengths and weaknesses, there's no substitute for hard work.

Without the work, the magic won’t come.

It is going to be tough if you look for the easy way out because very rarely is there an easy way out. There is nothing that replaces hard work.

One thing we can all control is effort. Put in the time to become an expert in whatever you’re doing. It will give you an advantage because most people don’t do this.

The best thing I ever learned in life was that things have to be worked for. A lot of people seem to think there is some sort of magic in making a winning football team. There isn't, but there's plenty of work.

The greatest things in life all require commitment, sacrifice, some struggle and hardship. It's not easy. But absolutely worth it.

If you work hard the fight's easy. If you don't work hard then the fight's hard.

It takes long practice, yes. You have to work. Did you think you could snap your fingers, and have it as a gift? What is worth having is worth working for.

I believe in blood, sweat and tears.

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.

Talent is long patience.

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

To achieve success, whatever the job we have, we must pay a price

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand

Lasting goal achievement requires lots of time, hard work, sacrifice & dedication to a process that is maintained over years.

Success is a combination of effort, talent and hard work. There's got to be hard work and mental toughness. It's not just one thing that gets you there it's an accumulation of things

The true success is to labour.