Oprah Winfrey Quotes

But it is only through constant, faithful endeavor by the girl herself that the goal eventually is reached.

I know how much more I need to do to be where I want.

You don't wake up at 18 and necessarily become the person you want to be as an adult - you have to work hard to become them.

Whether you're playing sports, starting a business or anything else in life, you need to identify your talents. Your responsibility is to find what you do better than anyone else. Once you identify what that is, you need to put yourself in the best position to succeed.

In order to get to where I want to be, I have to do the right things off the field, first.

I never took the game for granted as far as not having to work on what I needed to do to accomplish all of the things that I wanted to accomplish.

I've learned through my own experiences that working toward an objective in your life can change who you are.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

At an early age, I started my own paper route. Once I saw how you could service people and do a good job and get paid for it, I just wanted to be the best I could be in whatever I did.

Success is a journey, not a destination.

I push myself to the limit.

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.

If you dedicate yourself to something, you can achieve it. It's simple, but it's true, and your age is just an excuse.

You just put yourself into your work, and you can do anything you want, depending on how hard you want to work for it.

Building a better life for every child is a lot harder than becoming a world champion. Both goals take dedication and commitment.

Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

No man can become a saint in his sleep.

I try to do my best.

I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.

A lot of hard work has to go into your career, and preparation, and being your best at all times.

If you want to be truly successful invest in yourself to get the knowledge you need to find your unique factor. When you find it and focus on it and persevere your success will blossom.

No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will.

For me, I've learned that the best thing is to focus on the team you play for and yourself and what you need to do.