David Rockefeller Quotes

I think anyone's success depends on working hard, Industriousness and Enthusiasm, enjoying what you are doing. You can't work your best if you're not enjoying what you are doing. No way you can force yourself to.

There is absolutely nothing that beats hard work.

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

If you work hard, you have a better chance of producing something that you're proud of. If you don't, you won't. It's really simple.

Effort is grossly underrated.

I like hard work. I like putting the effort towards it and then being able to look at it and go, "All right, I did that."

I think one of my biggest lessons so far in life is that hard work really does pay off. It may not culminate in the way you expected it to, but I have found that when I really put my head down and apply myself, I often get a good result.

Any reward that is worth having only comes to the industrious. The success which is made in any walk of life is measured almost exactly by the amount of hard work that is put into it.

It's important to work hard - there's no short cut around that.

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

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

Choose something you like to do. I know it's a cliche, and you've heard it over and over. But the reason is, you're going to have to work long and hard to achieve any success. You better like it or life is going to be terrible.

Focus is the secret to success. Focus and enjoying whatever it is you're doing.

I know only one way: work hard.

The hard work pays off.

You've got to be the hardest-working guy.

I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work.

It doesn't take talent to work hard.

No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.

It's very simple: When you're working your hardest, the world opens up to you.

The common denominator for success is work.

I just want to work hard. I love that feeling.

Applause abates diligence.

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.

Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.