Hard Work Quotes

"Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them."

- Joseph Joubert

"God sells us all things at the price of labor."

- Leonardo da Vinci

"Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way."

- John Wooden

"Work is the law of the modern world, which has no place for lazy people."

- Mihai Eminescu

"The only genius that’s worth anything is the genius for hard work."

- Kathleen Winsor

"Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work."

- Horace

"Nothing ever comes to one that is worth having, except as a result of hard work."

- Booker T. Washington

"Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work."

- Peter Drucker

"Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice."

- Beyonce Knowles

"No ethic is as ethical as the work ethic."

- John Kenneth Galbraith

"Work is the sustenance of noble minds."

- Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"We live in the kind of society where, in almost all cases, hard work is rewarded."

- Neil deGrasse Tyson

"Hard work doesn’t start during the game. Hard work starts the night before."

- Ken Griffey Jr.

"There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success."

- Heather Bresch

"If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it’s the best possible substitute for it."

- James A. Garfield

"We should celebrate when optimism and hard work triumph over cynicism, lethargy, and fatalism."

- Sadiq Khan

"I instilled in my children the importance of good values in business: hard work, determination, integrity, and optimism."

- Henry Sy

"There’s no lotion or potion that will make sales faster and easier for you — unless your potion is hard work."

- Jeffrey Gitomer

"The only constant I can find is hard work."

- Paul Dano

"I’ve always been taught that hard work doesn’t fail."

- Zach LaVine

"What I am suggesting is hard work and it can be slow work, but the rewards are well worth it."

- Jesse Helms

"Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now."

- Steven Wright

"I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life’s problems."

- James Cash Penney

"Whatever you go into, you have to go in there to be the best. There’s no formula. It’s all about passion and honesty and hard work. It might look glamorous, but it takes a lot of hard work."

- Hugh Masekela

"I’ve heard of nothing coming from nothing, but I’ve never heard of absolutely nothing coming from hard work."

- Uzo Aduba

"Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow."

- Reed Markham

"Inspiration is one thing and you can’t control it, but hard work is what keeps the ship moving. Good luck means, work hard. Keep up the good work."

- Kevin Eubanks

"If the power to do hard work is not talent, it is the best possible substitute for it. Ambition by itself never gets anywhere until it forms a partnership with work."

- James A. Garfield

"Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is ‘The X Factor.’ Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work."

- Iain Duncan Smith

"I don’t rely on feng shui. I believe hard work brings us good luck and success."

- John Gokongwei