Famous Quotes & Sayings

Laura Ingalls Wilder

If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.

Larry Holmes

I never tried to be a mercenary or a killer but a hard working fighter.

Larry Hagman

Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.

Lana Parrilla

I am very, very diligent and extremely hard-working.

Kyrsten Sinema

My parents are very conservative. They taught me the value of hard work - dont depend on other people, do it yourself.

Frederick Soddy

[The blame for the future 'plight of civilization] must rest on scientific men, equally with others, for being incapable of accepting the responsibility for the profound social upheavals which their own work primarily has brought about in human relationships.

Frederick Soddy

Heat energy of uniform temperature [is] the ultimate fate of all energy. The power of sunlight and coal, electric power, water power, winds and tides do the work of the world, and in the end all unite to hasten the merry molecular dance.

Louis Pasteur

The only thing that can bring joy is work.

M. Scott Peck

Listening well is an exercise of attention and by necessity hard work. It is because they do not realize this or because they are not willing to do the work that most people do not listen well.

M. Scott Peck

Sickness begets chaos, which, through hard work and a touch of grace, leads to growth and resurrection.

Luther Campbell

Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.

John Cena

When I hear people boo, that just makes me want to go out there and work harder.

John Boyega

Guys, I haven't been doing this for a long time, it's a fluke! I'm gonna share this BAFTA award with all the young dreamers who are determined, who are hard working, who are quite frankly amazing. This is also for you. Blessings for your path and God bless.

Eric Kripke

There are so many shows out there, so you really need to work hard to separate yourself and cut through the static.

Emraan Hashmi

I was an assistant director for a year, and I realized, 'God, this is a lot of hard work. This is going to take time. So what's the shortcut? What's the better option?' Then thankfully, someone said, 'Why don't you become an actor?'

Emmanuelle Chriqui

My career has been successful, but it's been a grind of hard work.

Emmitt Smith

All men are created equal. Some work harder in preseason.

James Corden

I love hard work. One Man, Two Guvnors was so physically tiring I ached all the time, but I took a massive amount of pride in the fact that I only ever missed two shows.

Napoleon Hill

When you begin to think and grow rich, you will observe that riches begin with a state of mind, with definiteness of purpose, with little or no hard work.

Napoleon Hill

Riches, when they come in huge quantities, are never the result of HARD work!

Orhan Pamuk

Turks have a dismissive phrase: he works like a clerk. I have turned this insult around: I am proud to say that I work like a clerk.

Oliver Cromwell

Work hard, trust in God, and keep your bowels open.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.

Emily Bronte

I got the sexton, who was digging Linton’s grave, to remove the earth off her coffin lid, and I opened it. I thought, once, I would have stayed there, when I saw her face again—it is hers yet—he had hard work to stir me; but he said it would change, if the air blew on it...

Nelly Furtado

Maneater -- make you work hard, make you spend hard, make you want all of her love.

Mike Huckabee

The health care system is really designed to reward you for being unhealthy. If you are a healthy person and work hard to be healthy, there are no benefits.

Evan Thomas

As a farmer, you learn quick: You don't get anything that you don't work hard for.

Evan Sayet

Justice demands that the good and hard-working be rewarded and the evil and the lazy be punished (if only by the withholding of the rewards of doing the right things). Modern Liberalism demands that the good and hardworking be punished as the recipients of an unfair advantage and the evil and the lazy be rewarded, their acts of evil and their failure all the proof the Modern Liberal needs that somehow they have been victimized by forces out of their control.

Evan Peters

Well, television is grueling. The hours are grueling, it's hard work, and there's a lot of pressure to get it done without a lot of rehearsal time.

Eva Green

I think it's very important to recognize talent in all facets of filmmaking. Making a movie is such a lengthy and intense experience, so it's wonderful to honour actors, directors, producers and all crew members who put so much hard work and passion into a project.

Mindy Kaling

My whole childhood was like: Work hard, be quiet, respect elderly people, respect your parents, and just be unobtrusive.

Mike Rounds

We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra effort, do the hard work, absorb the criticism and make decisions that will cause a better future.

Mike Rogers

Although I may find the type of programming seen during the 2004 Super Bowl and the 2003 Golden Globe Awards disgusting and disturbing, we must always work hard to defend the cherished freedoms so clearly outlined in our Constitution, including a healthy and free press.