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HARD WORK QUOTATIONS
“The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.”

Vince Lombardi

“The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.”

John Ruskin

“There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.”

Michael Phelps

“Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on schedule. The key is to keep working the engines.”

Gary Sinise

“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

“The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest.”

Deepika Padukone

“If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level you say you do, there’s no way around doing the work it takes to get you there.”

Joyce Chapman

“There is no substitute for hard work.”

Thomas Edison

“If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort.”

Stephen G. Weinbaum

“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.”

Vince Lombardi

“Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.”

Conan O'Brien

“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted.”

David Bly

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Your Comments
Rajesh kumar from Amritsar OCTOBER 23, 2017
Superb I like it
Bucky from Texas OCTOBER 13, 2016
Hard work is healthy for our body´s and can save you.
breanna AUGUST 25, 2015
hard work is worth the effort of a life time
Anna Hart from California SEPTEMBER 4, 2014
hard work + impossible = Im_possible
Ganny Gonsalves from Geneva,SWITZERLAND SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
HARD WORK IN SMART WAY MAKES MAN PERFECT FOR SUCCESS.
MOHSIN ALI KHAN from Bahria Town RWP  JUNE 12, 2014
HARD WORK IS KEY TO SUCCESS
T.shalini from namakkal APRIL 18, 2014
love to do hardwork
trishita from hyderabad MARCH 31, 2014
i think smart work is more important than hard work
Dennis Dinzeo from Las Vegas NV FEBRUARY 18, 2014
The dignity in any job consists in doing it right.
shivprasad rajput from dondaicha JANUARY 14, 2014
hardwork place to peasful life and strong determination in future
nikita verma from una, hp, india DECEMBER 18, 2013
Work hard at present Enjoy in future
dylon from pegos NOVEMBER 14, 2013
work hard play hard follow me
josh farr from granite bay, CA NOVEMBER 5, 2013
i work hard in everything i do. follow me
Ashanti Greyer from new york SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
I like this it give my childrens something to read they good kids
SARGE from pennsylvania JUNE 15, 2013
that's why they call it hard work. . .because it's HARD
raymond from danvill va MAY 15, 2013
hard work
Bruce Willingham from Warner Robins, Ga FEBRUARY 26, 2013
Hard work is to give your all plus some.
Anderson from Colatina, ES - Brasil JANUARY 7, 2012
Como o trabalho difícil é bom quando termina, podemos olhar para trás e ver que de algum jeito valeu a pena. As the hard work is good when it ends, we can look back and see that somehow worth it.
Doug from Vegas NOVEMBER 12, 2011
B+ = be positive, makes hard work and life more fulfilling and easier!
L Smith from California  APRIL 3, 2011
"Nothing worth having was ever achieved without hard work" - Roosevelt
Sean A Burrell from Plano Tx  MARCH 28, 2011
It takes courage to work hard
Adam David Childress from Ripley,TN MARCH 22, 2011
Work hard at what you want to do
dylan r from kemp TX JANUARY 27, 2011
hard work pays off
Dr. Michael S., Ph.D., MSEE, MS from Hackensack, NJ JULY 25, 2010
Hard work, while often a prerequisite for success, does not always guarantee the same.
Kathryn V from Mingo IA MAY 10, 2010
When you work hard, you can perservere and you can do anything you want.

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