Work Ethic Quotes

“When the human body is put under exceptional strain, a range of dormant genes in the DNA are expressed and extraordinary physiological proccesses are activated.” ~ Anders Ericsson

“I have always believed that if you want to achieve anything special in life you have to work, work, and then work some more.” ~ David Beckham

“The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” ~ Muhammad Ali

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” ~ Muhammad Ali

“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.” ~ John Wooden

“I don’t think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

“Think not of yourself as the architect of your career but as the sculptor. Expect to have to do a lot of hard hammering and chiseling and scraping and polishing.” ~ B.C. Forbes

“Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study.” ~ Stephen King

“It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.” ~ Helen Keller

“Activity is not output.” ~ Andrew Grove

“Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with priviledge and position.” ~ Toyotomi Hideyoshi

“The reward of a thing well done is having done it.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Every artist was first an amateur.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It doesn’t take talent to hustle and work hard. Invest in yourself with a positive attitude and ‘can-do’ thinking” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

“If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” ~ Bruce Lee

“Give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.” ~ Madeline Bridges

“Your ability to discipline yourself to set clear goals, and then to work toward them every day, will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor.” ~ Brian Tracy

“When performance exceeds ambition, the overlap is called success.” ~ Cullen Hightower

“It is not how big you are, it’s how big you play.” ~ Unknown