Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
For me, hard work and determination got me in the Hall of Fame.
I'm a watch guy - to me, they symbolize hard work and determination.
Growing up poor taught me a lot. It instilled in me the ethics of hard work.
Raising a daughter is hard work. There's no other way to describe it for me.
Writing is hard work, but a lot of fun, too. It allows me to live out some of my fantasies.
My parents' sacrifice and hard work obligated me to be successful, it wasn't an option to fail.
I was never a comic-book fan, but I loved cartoons. I don't enjoy reading: for me, it's hard work.
My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.
I wasn't given a scholarship out of high school, and that allowed me to learn what hard work was early on.
Depression taught me the importance of compassion and hard work, and that you can overcome enormous obstacles.
For me, it was a lot of hard work doing theater eight nights a week around the country, going from job to job.
My parents are very conservative. They taught me the value of hard work - don't depend on other people, do it yourself.
My father has taught me not to succumb to nihilism, and my mother has taught me the value of hard work and determination.
I try to get better every day, and I think the hard work has helped turn me into a better person and not someone who would get a big head.
Daddy - I remember when he first let me drive the cultivator for him, you know... He eased you into the hard work that you had to do later.
For me, acting is not a hobby. It is a career that I have chosen and was not willing to let go of so easily after seven years of hard work.
I've never farmed before. It's unforgiving, it's hard work, hard graft - but I loved it, and I loved everyone I met who guided me along the way.
Jose Mourinho has been really clear about what he expects from me, saying he wants me working hard rather than just scoring. Hard work is what he values.
My parents have been my biggest influencers. They both immigrated to America and taught me that I can do anything I dream of with hard work and determination.
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.
I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: Hard work - and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't.
I could have been banned. That's what I was most scared about. All the hard work being for nothing. It was basically my livelihood and my sport being taken away from me. It was everything.
The thing that makes me happiest about Simpsons Illustrated are all the drawings that we get from readers. I wish we could print them all. They're really imaginative. They show a lot of hard work.
I'm not afraid of hard work. I like it! It's the other bit - the not working - I find more problematic. If I'm not busy, I just get antsy. I've been this way since I was a child. Sitting still is like torture for me.
Lots of things are hard work, but I think writing, for me, after I started acting at 13 years old. I like writing now much more than I do acting only because, well, partly because the scripts that are offered are junk.
I played for Bologna in Serie A when I was 16, and those experiences made me this person. Just as importantly, I never played for a big club. My teams were normal, ordinary, but through hard work, we became successful.
If you can do your thing on a big stage, it helps, but then to do it against guys that are older than you still gives me confidence that all the hard work I'm putting in is really working and I just got to keep getting better.
To me, I approach a small-budget, artsy, European movie the same way as a big commercial Hollywood movie. That's the most important thing. Hollywood usually represents this big dream in people's minds, but to me, it's just hard work.
For me, writing never gets easier. It's always hard work. It doesn't matter how many words you wrote the day before, or how many novels you've completed in the last decade: every day you start fresh again with that same blank page, or that same blank screen.
Judi Dench has always been the benchmark for me. Everything I have seen her do is incredible. I also really admire Cate Blanchett. In terms of people I have worked with, there is no one more admirable than Hugh Jackman, for his spirit, energy, generosity and hard work.
I obtained my first job with the Eagles through a series of internships that began during my junior year of college. From there, after obtaining the job, it was a combination of hard work and perseverance and showing them the type of person that I was that helped me climb the coaching ladder.
The connect that I have with the audience comes from my hard work and sincerity towards my craft and also because of the opportunities that I have had. I have been able to engage with my audiences. They observe my performances minutely. They think I will do some magic on screen. They like me because I don't do over-the-top acting.
I used to help my grandfather on the farm, driving tractors, raising crops and animals. I used to feed some of the baby cows and pigs, and I had to be no older than 7 or 8. Then at about 9 or 10 I started driving tractors. It showed me at an early age what hard work was all about and how dedicated you have to be, no matter what you do.