David Joseph Schwartz Quotes

Excuses destroy success every time.

You can achieve only that which you will do.

I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down.

Success is dependent on effort.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

I'm just a really hardworking person.

If I put a statement about being the best interviewer into the universe, I must now live up to it, or at least be held accountable for it. Either way, I'm going to work that much harder.

The one thing you can control is effort.

I am prepared to work hard enough to win. It's basically up to me.

Work hard and never make excuses.

It's important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them.

Successful people breed success.

To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job.

I'm just working hard because I know that's the way you can get things done. That's how I've been able to be successful.

My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.

Work hard, no matter how much recognition you get.

I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic.

In reality, nobody gets successful in America by being lazy.

See, winners embrace hard work.

I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.

I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

People that I know, the vast majority, who are successful work really, really hard. Sure, there's some people that either get lucky or inherited it or don't have to work hard for some reason, but the vast majority who are successful work really, really hard.

You have to work hard at things.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.