Lin-Manuel Miranda Quotes

The only thing in your control is effort. That's all, and that's everything.

We cannot choose the things that will happen to us. But we can choose the attitude we will take toward anything that happens. Success or failure depends on your attitude.

I've never really focused on my ranking per se because it's out of my control. I try and do the right thing each week, and the ranking will look after itself.

The only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson or anyone in any position can control is their effort.

Making an effort is in your hands. Giving 100% is in your hands.

Success at anything will always come down to this: focus & effort. And we control both.

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.

If you are messing around all day and then scream for certainty, you're not going to get it. If you spend energy and do the work and develop that certainty, you'll get to where you need to be, even if you don't know exactly where that is.

You don't get results by focusing on results. You get results by focusing on the actions that produce results.

Without failure there is no achievement.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.

What we can control is our performance and our execution, and that's what we're going to focus on.

At the end of the day, you can't control the results; you can only control your effort level and your focus.

You've just got to keep playing and keep working hard to get where you're supposed to be.

It is important to work to get the good result. If you have that nothing else is important.

Focus on things you can control. Things that are out of control, you can't worry about what the result is going to be, you just focus on trying to do the best in your situation that you can.

You have to do what it takes to get what you want: I didn't sleep much in school because I worked a lot - you figure out how to make it happen.

I don't believe that many things are impossible to achieve so long as you put your mind to it and take the time to get it done.

The one thing you can control is effort.

All you can do is put in work. That's what you can control, the effort that you put in, and that's what I'm doing.

Winning is no longer just the outcome. It's part of the process.

You reach for the stars and you work your butt off to achieve your dreams. If you fall short, you fall short, but you say you gave it your best.

You don't achieve success by "taking it easy" or "working on it later." You achieve it thru persistence and hard work.

I spent all my time in the clouds or the dirt and that is why I think I’m successful