Hard Quotes - Page 41

There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money.

Setting goals for your game is an art. The trick is in setting them at the right level - neither too low nor too high. A good goal should be lofty enough to inspire hard work, yet realistic enough to provide solid hope of attainment.

In the Seventies and Eighties we all had our fun, and now and then we went really too far. But, ultimately, it required a certain amount of clear thinking, a lot of hard work and good make-up to be accepted as a freak.

When I train, I love to take time off and fly to the Natural History Museum or an exhibition. I just love that. When you know your past, it will help you with your future… That’s why most of my friends are not fighters. Most of my friends are nerds like me. That’s why I have a hard time finding a girlfriend. I need someone to talk science with. I’m married to my work right now. But you never know. One day I could wake up and just do something different. Life is so unpredictable.

Live beyond your means, then you're forced to work hard, you have to succeed.

If fitness came in a bottle,everyone would have a great body. Skip the quick fixes;hard work is what ensures lasting results!

Nature is cold, wet, hard and unforgiving.

It's just nice to work hard and be rewarded, which is having lots of people watch. And the icing on the cake is for me is to be able to walk around with pride, feeling that the product you put out is worthy of being watched. But honestly, it's not a big deal. I don't put too much stock in fame or celebrity anyway. I don't put it in the 'important' box.

However, to modify a habit, you must decide to change it. You must consiously accept the hard work of identifying the cues and rewards that drive the habits' routines, and find alternatives. You must know you have control and be self-conscious enough to use it -- and every chapter in this book is devoted to illustrating a different aspect of why that control is real.

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.

I feel, as a songwriter, it's one of the hardest things to do - to sit down and say how you feel.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

When life is hard it's easy to focus only on the bad things and forget all about the good things God has given us. But God has blessed every one of us in ways we often overlook.

The Philippines is strategically located and blessed with the greatest resource: its people, who are hard-working, very loyal, and very adaptive.

I'm not 100% nice all the time, so I find it quite hard to be really pleasant.

When I was young, times were hard. When I got older it was worse.

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

Dreams cost nothing. They are free. The hard part is just keeping them going.

Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work.

He made me realize that hard work--that the act of finishing, of completing, of accomplishing a task--is joyous

Weak minds lead to weak actions. A strong, disciplined mind, which anyone can cultivate though daily practice, can achieve miracles. If you want to live life to the fullest, care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions. Work hard to remove all inner turbulence. The rewards will be abundant.

Women who set a low value of themselves make life hard for all women.

(Why did they call them sneakers if it was so hard to sneak in them?)

But you can't just sit around the fireplace and sip Cokes and eat pretzels and get an attitude of confidence. You have to put in hard work.

I wish adults would spend less energy freaking out about the cutting itself and work harder to understand what drives kids to self-harm.