Often times, though, we fail to pursue our goals and dreams because of the fear that we are not naturally talented enough. Success is more a combination of how hard one is willing to work or practice than the innate abilities we are born with.
This is a list of 30 of the most inspiring quotes about overcoming setbacks, and the value of a strong work ethic. Hopefully they inspire you to achieve what once may have seemed impossible.
1) “Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them” – Ann Landers
2) “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King
3) “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth
4) “The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!” – Marvin Phillips
5) “I learned the value of hard work by working hard.” – Margaret Mead
6) “Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.” – Arnold Palmer
7) “Nothing worth having comes easy.” – Theodore Roosevelt
8) “Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.” – Ann Landers
9) “In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
10) “Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers. “ – Anonymous
11) “The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. work is the key to success, and hard work can help you accomplish anything.” – Vince Lombardi
12) “I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it” – Thomas Jefferson
13) “All roads that lead to success have to pass through hard work boulevard at some point.” – Eric Thomas
14) “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.” – Mohandas Gandhi
15) “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a person’s determination.” – Tommy Lasorda
16) “The trouble with opportunity is that it always comes disguised as hard work.” – Anonymous
17) “Without labor nothing prospers.” – Sophocles
18) “All the so-called “secrets of success” will not work unless you do.” – Unknown
19) “No shortcuts, work for it.” – Unknown
20) “Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.” – Byron Dorgan
21) “Working hard is great, being lazy sometimes is great, but failed potential is the worst.” – Campbell Scott
22) “The world belongs to the energetic.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
23) “The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.” – Thomas A. Edison
24) “The first and the best victory is to conquer self.” – Plato
25) “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
26) “Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds‘ worth of distance run.” – Rudyard Kipling
27) “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
28) “You just don’t luck into things. You build them step by step, whether it’s friendships or opportunities.” – Barbara Bush
29) “The first one gets the oyster the second gets the shell.” – Andrew Carnegie
30) “Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.” – James F. Byrnes