Michael Caine Quotes

There's no escalators - there's only staircases to success. There is no substitute for hard work.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.

I don't feel like I've nearly got to the place where I'm ready to even slow down.

I've done a lot of work to get where I'm at, but I have to keep working.

Success is not a stop sign.

A dream doesn't become reality through magic. It takes sweat, determination, and hard work.

You can always tell when you are on the road to success; it's uphill all the way.

The road to success is long and up hill all the way

For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself.

Success consists in the climb.

Every step, whether at high school or at college or at the NFL, I had to climb and crawl and scratch to get there.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

No one is mocked with the yearning for that which he has no ability to attain. If he holds the right mental attitude and struggles earnestly, honestly toward his goal, he will reach it, or at least approximate to it.

But all of this success came at the end of a long climb.

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

Nothing good ever happens by itself - it is achieved through striving, though this sometimes bears a high price.

Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.

We're getting rewarded. We don't give up on the play and we show some character at the same time, but there is a long way for us to get to where we want to be.

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.

You just have to go as far as you can go. Everyone works his way up.

I know what it takes to get to the top.

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

There is no point at which you can say, 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'