Doing a solid work ethic and giving your all in everything you do will produce outstanding results. So keep persevering and sweat your way through your goal. May these work hard quotes inspire you to get things done and help you achieve the success in life you deserve.
1. “Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn
2. “Talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.” – Patrick Süskind
3. “Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.” – Thomas Jefferson
4. “Men die of boredom, psychological conflict and disease. They do not die of hard work.” – David Ogilvy
5. “Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.” – Helen Hanson
6. “I'm really very self-confident when it comes to my work. When I take on a project, I believe in it one hundred percent. I really put my soul into it. I'd die for it. That's how I am.” – Michael Jackson
7. “Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.” – Robert Half
8. “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” – Oprah Winfrey
9. “Be like a duck, paddling and working very hard inside the water, but what everyone sees is a smiling and calm face.” – Manoj Arora
10. “It doesn't matter how great your shoes are if you don't accomplish anything in them.” – Martina Boone
11. “If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do, there's no way around doing the work it takes to get you there.” – Joyce Chapman
12. “All good work requires self-revelation.” – Sidney Lumet
13. “What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.” – Margaret Thatcher
14. “Hard work is what separates the winners from the losers.” – ATGW
15. “Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” – Conan O’Brien
16. “Believe in yourself, work hard, work smart and passionately present your best self to the world.” – Hill Harper
17. “Life without endeavor is like entering a jewel mine and coming out with empty hands.” – Japanese proverb
18. “I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard.” – Maria Bartiromo
19. “If you are willing to work hard and ask lots of questions, you can learn business pretty fast.” – Steve Jobs
20. “Work hard and become a leader, be lazy and become a slave.” – Anonymous
21. “To achieve what one percent of the world’s population has, you must be willing to do what only one percent dares to do.” – Manoj Arora
22. “Be thankful for what you have. Work hard for what you don’t have.” – Anonymous
23. “This is the real secret of life, to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” – Alan Watts
24. “Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing yourself to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.” – Anonymous
25. “Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.” – Ray Kroc
26. “If you don’t work hard for your dreams you are going to end up being mediocre.” – ATGW
27. “A sign of a hard worker is one who works without complaint.” – Sarah Price
28. “To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all, cherish a magnificent obsession.” – Walt Disney
29. “What you don’t sweat out when you’re young will turn into tears when you’re old.” – Japanese proverb
30. “Destiny is for losers. It’s just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen.” – Blair Waldorf
More Hard Work Pays Off Quotes
31. “If you don’t have big dreams and goals, you’ll end up working really hard for someone who does.” – Anonymous
32. “Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” – Arnold Palmer
33. “You can’t cheat the grind, it knows how much you have invested, it won’t give you anything you haven’t worked for.” – Anonymous
34. “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King
35. “When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really played.” – Dr. Seuss
36. “If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things, you’re excited to get up in the morning.” – Larry Page
37. “I never viewed myself as particularly talented. Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping, I’m working.” – Will Smith
38. “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” – Thomas Edison
39. “You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself.” – Alan Alda
40. “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
41. “Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional.” – Jahangir Khan
42. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
43. “Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” – Charles F. Kettering
44. “The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Anonymous
45. “The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
46. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
47. “Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.” – James Baldwin
48. “Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.” – George Allen Sr.
49. “When you find the right thing to do, and people to work with, invest deeply into that, and stick with it for decades.” – Naval Ravikant
50. “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne Johnson
51. “The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest.” – Deepika Padukone
52. “A lot of people mistake habit for hard work. Doing something over and over again is not working hard.” – Shannon Sharpe
53. “The world belongs to the energetic.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
54. “Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” – Gordon B. Hinckley
55. “It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone.” – Mark Cuban
56. “With hard work and dedication, anything is possible.” – Timothy Weah
57. “Hard work betrays none.” – Hachiman Hikigaya
58. “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.” – Ann Landers
59. “Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy.” – Barack Obama
60. “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
61. “Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
62. “Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.” – Iain Duncan Smith
63. “Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.” – Buddha
64. “You can achieve anything you put your mind and hard work to.” – Sara Sampaio
65. “Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.” – Alex Rodriguez
66. “A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” – Colin Powell
67. “Work harder than you think you did yesterday.” – Alex Elle
68. “Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.” – Booker T. Washington
69. “When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity.” – Steve Pavlina
70. “Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.” – John Carmack
71. “The only thing standing between you and outrageous success is continuous progress.” – Dan Waldschmidt
72. “Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.” – Virat Kohli
73. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
74. “You have to love what you do because it’s really, really hard work to get to top and it’s even harder to stay there.” – Casey Stoney
75. “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” – Peter Drucker
76. “Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.” – Haile Gebrselassie
77. “What comes easy won’t last. What lasts won’t come easy.” – Anonymous
78. “There’s positive attention, and there’s negative attention. Negative attention is easy, but positive attention requires actual hard work.” – Zachary Cole Smith
79. “I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
80. “There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as an overnight success or easy money.” – Henry Sy
Share these Motivational Quotes about Hard Work and Perseverance with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.
1. “Don't wish it were easier. Wish you were better.” – Jim Rohn
2. “Talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.” – Patrick Süskind
3. “Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.” – Thomas Jefferson
4. “Men die of boredom, psychological conflict and disease. They do not die of hard work.” – David Ogilvy
5. “Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.” – Helen Hanson
6. “I'm really very self-confident when it comes to my work. When I take on a project, I believe in it one hundred percent. I really put my soul into it. I'd die for it. That's how I am.” – Michael Jackson
7. “Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.” – Robert Half
8. “Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” – Oprah Winfrey
9. “Be like a duck, paddling and working very hard inside the water, but what everyone sees is a smiling and calm face.” – Manoj Arora
10. “It doesn't matter how great your shoes are if you don't accomplish anything in them.” – Martina Boone
11. “If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level that you say you do, there's no way around doing the work it takes to get you there.” – Joyce Chapman
12. “All good work requires self-revelation.” – Sidney Lumet
13. “What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.” – Margaret Thatcher
14. “Hard work is what separates the winners from the losers.” – ATGW
15. “Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.” – Conan O’Brien
16. “Believe in yourself, work hard, work smart and passionately present your best self to the world.” – Hill Harper
17. “Life without endeavor is like entering a jewel mine and coming out with empty hands.” – Japanese proverb
18. “I think that my biggest attribute to any success that I have had is hard work. There really is no substitute for working hard.” – Maria Bartiromo
19. “If you are willing to work hard and ask lots of questions, you can learn business pretty fast.” – Steve Jobs
20. “Work hard and become a leader, be lazy and become a slave.” – Anonymous
21. “To achieve what one percent of the world’s population has, you must be willing to do what only one percent dares to do.” – Manoj Arora
22. “Be thankful for what you have. Work hard for what you don’t have.” – Anonymous
23. “This is the real secret of life, to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play.” – Alan Watts
24. “Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing yourself to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.” – Anonymous
25. “Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.” – Ray Kroc
26. “If you don’t work hard for your dreams you are going to end up being mediocre.” – ATGW
27. “A sign of a hard worker is one who works without complaint.” – Sarah Price
28. “To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all, cherish a magnificent obsession.” – Walt Disney
29. “What you don’t sweat out when you’re young will turn into tears when you’re old.” – Japanese proverb
30. “Destiny is for losers. It’s just a stupid excuse to wait for things to happen instead of making them happen.” – Blair Waldorf
More Hard Work Pays Off Quotes
31. “If you don’t have big dreams and goals, you’ll end up working really hard for someone who does.” – Anonymous
32. “Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” – Arnold Palmer
33. “You can’t cheat the grind, it knows how much you have invested, it won’t give you anything you haven’t worked for.” – Anonymous
34. “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King
35. “When he worked, he really worked. But when he played, he really played.” – Dr. Seuss
36. “If you’re changing the world, you’re working on important things, you’re excited to get up in the morning.” – Larry Page
37. “I never viewed myself as particularly talented. Where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy’s sleeping, I’m working.” – Will Smith
38. “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” – Thomas Edison
39. “You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself.” – Alan Alda
40. “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
41. “Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional.” – Jahangir Khan
42. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
43. “Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I never heard of anyone ever stumbling on something sitting down.” – Charles F. Kettering
44. “The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Anonymous
45. “The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
46. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
47. “Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.” – James Baldwin
48. “Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It’s the best part of the day.” – George Allen Sr.
49. “When you find the right thing to do, and people to work with, invest deeply into that, and stick with it for decades.” – Naval Ravikant
50. “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne Johnson
51. “The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest.” – Deepika Padukone
52. “A lot of people mistake habit for hard work. Doing something over and over again is not working hard.” – Shannon Sharpe
53. “The world belongs to the energetic.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
54. “Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.” – Gordon B. Hinckley
55. “It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone.” – Mark Cuban
56. “With hard work and dedication, anything is possible.” – Timothy Weah
57. “Hard work betrays none.” – Hachiman Hikigaya
58. “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.” – Ann Landers
59. “Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy.” – Barack Obama
60. “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
61. “Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
62. “Luck is great, but most of life is hard work.” – Iain Duncan Smith
63. “Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.” – Buddha
64. “You can achieve anything you put your mind and hard work to.” – Sara Sampaio
65. “Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.” – Alex Rodriguez
66. “A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” – Colin Powell
67. “Work harder than you think you did yesterday.” – Alex Elle
68. “Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.” – Booker T. Washington
69. “When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity.” – Steve Pavlina
70. “Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.” – John Carmack
71. “The only thing standing between you and outrageous success is continuous progress.” – Dan Waldschmidt
72. “Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.” – Virat Kohli
73. “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” – Walt Disney
74. “You have to love what you do because it’s really, really hard work to get to top and it’s even harder to stay there.” – Casey Stoney
75. “Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.” – Peter Drucker
76. “Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.” – Haile Gebrselassie
77. “What comes easy won’t last. What lasts won’t come easy.” – Anonymous
78. “There’s positive attention, and there’s negative attention. Negative attention is easy, but positive attention requires actual hard work.” – Zachary Cole Smith
79. “I know the price of success: dedication, hard work and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
80. “There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as an overnight success or easy money.” – Henry Sy
Share these Motivational Quotes about Hard Work and Perseverance with your friends, family, and loved ones to inspire them as well.