“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” ~ Nelson Mandela
“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.” ~ Vince Lombardi
“Success is like anything worthwhile. It has a price. You have to pay the price to win and you have to pay the price to get to the point where success is possible. Most important, you must pay the price to stay there.” ~ Vince Lombardi
“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“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
“The one thing all famous authors, world class athletes, business tycoons, singers, actors, and celebrated achievers in any field have in common is that they all began their journeys when they were none of these things.” ~ Mike Dooley
“Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.” ~ Thomas Edison
“I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.” ~ Larry Bird
“I’m not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.” ~ Michael Jordan
“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.” ~ David Bly
“Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.” ~ Herodotus
“The toughest thing about success is that you’ve got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You’ve got to keep on working that talent. Someday I’ll reach for it and it won’t be there.” ~ Irving Berlin
