25 of the Best Quotes About Hard Work
Sometimes leaders need inspiration. Sometimes they need to motivate their teams or organizations. In this article, I’ve curated 25 of the best quotes about hard work.
If you are facing difficulty or opposition, use these words as inspiration to set your intention for the day or share them broadly to motivate action.
Enjoy these quotes about hard work!
“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
Dale Carnegie, Lecturer and Author
“There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.”
Roger Staubach, Former NFL Quarterback, Businessman
“I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” –
Thomas Jefferson, Former US President
“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.
Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX
“Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”
Coco Chanel, Beauty and Fashion Designer
“The choices I made yesterday have an impact on whom I am today.
Eleanor Roosevelt, Former U.S. First Lady
“Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.”
Sam Ewing, Author
“Don’t be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams.”
Dwayne Johnson, Actor
“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. If we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”
Josh Billings, Humorist
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; ’tis dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles until death.”
Thomas Paine, An American Founding Father
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.”
Tom Hopkins, Author and Sales Leader
“On any given Monday I am one sale closer and one idea away from being a Millionaire.”
Larry D. Turner, Salesman
“There are always going to be obstacles that come in your way. Stay positive.”
Michael Phelps, US Olympic Champion
“This I do know beyond any reasonable doubt. Regardless of what you are doing, if you pump long enough, hard enough, and enthusiastically enough, sooner or later the effort will bring forth the reward.”
Zig Ziglar, Author and Motivational Speaker
“People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.”
George Bernard Shaw, Playwright
“Obstacles cannot stop you. Problems cannot stop you. Most of all, other people cannot stop you. The only one who can stop you is you.”
Jeffrey Gitomer, Business Trainer, Speaker, and Author
“The only thing standing between you and outrageous success is continuous progress.
-Dan Waldschmidt, Business Strategist
“Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.”
Tim Notke, Basketball Coach
“I can say the willingness to get dirty has always defined us as a nation, and it’s a hallmark of hard work and a hallmark of fun, and dirt is not the enemy.”
Mike Rowe, Actor and Producer
“The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road; long before I dance under those lights.”
Muhammad Ali, Former Heavyweight World Champion Boxer
“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.”
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Activist and Baptist Minister
“Don’t stop. Don’t even think about stopping until you get there, and don’t give much thought to where “there” is. Whatever comes, just don’t stop.”
– Phil Knight, Co-founder of Nike
“If you start thinking you are good at something, that’s often the day you stop trying to be better and open the back door for someone to come after you. That’s why we always aim higher. We never feel like we’re done.”
Drew Houston, Co-Founder and CEO Dropbox
“If your teacher, coach, or mentor believes you can do something, you’re more likely to do it.”
Gwen Moran, Fast Company
“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.”
Frank Lloyd Wright, American Architect
I hope you enjoyed the wisdom collected in these quotes about hard work. Which quotes were most useful to you? Leave a comment.
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Make it a great day!’
