Hard Work Quotes

"The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Work is the key to success, and hard work can help you accomplish anything."

- Vince Lombardi

""The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees.""

- E.M. Bounds

"The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion, the steadfast and willing devotion to the labor that makes the class work not a gymnastic hour and a half, or at the lowest level, a daily drudgery, but a devotion that allows the classroom discipline to become moments of dancing too."

- Merce Cunningham

"Dancing is a sweat job."

- Fred Astaire

"Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo."

- George Balanchine

"It is not so much upon the number of exercises, as the care with which they are done, that progress and skill depend."

- August Bournonville

"It is through strength of technique that the body stays in possession of music."

- Arlene Croce

"There are two basic elements to classical ballet. They are quality and quantity. Quantity is how much a dancer can physically do…the element that gives an artist the freedom to concentrate on quality, while quality is how he or she does it…quality of movement…the most difficult phase… requires long and arduous training."

- Igor Schwezoff

"Many of the simplest exercises become harder in the center."

- Camilla Jessel

"The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one’s feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent of writing a novel and winning a tennis match simultaneously."

- Agnes de Mille

"First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you’re very lucky and have said your prayers."

- George Balanchine

"It isn’t hard to be good from time to time….What’s hard is being good every day."

- Willie Mays

"Most people miss the opportunity because they dress in overalls and pretend to work."

- Thomas Edison

"Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually, it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off."

- Kevin Hart

"There may be people who have more talent than you, but there’s no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do – and I believe that."

- Derek Jeter

"Football is like life, it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority."

- Vince Lombardi

"Work hard, be kind and amazing things will happen."

- Conan O'Brien

"Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good."

- Malcolm Gladwell

"The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary."

- Will Smith

"I take pride in working very hard. You need to understand that hard work doesn’t instantly pay off. My career grew gradually and taught me a lesson every step of the way."

- Trey Songz

"You can have unbelievable intelligence, you can have connections, you can have opportunities fall out of the sky. But in the end, hard work is the true, enduring characteristic of successful people."

- Marsha Evans

"“Work hard and be kind and amazing things will happen.”"

- Conan O'Brien

"Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best."

- Unknown

"The only way to become a better player is to practice relentlessly, work on your weaknesses, and perfect your strengths."

- Unknown

"Play with heart, win with grace."

- Unknown

"Field hockey is the sport of dedication, strategy, and heart."

- Unknown

"Excellence doesn’t happen by accident. Put in the work and make today incredible!"

"Successful people are not gifted. They just work hard, then succeed on purpose."

"Always give 100%, except when you’re giving blood."

- Anonymous

"Victory is achieved through hard work."