Building great businesses, achieving
massive goals and rising to the top of your profession don’t just happen
by accident. It happens through a ridiculous work ethic and consistently
showing up every single day.
Here are 20 quotes to help motivate you to
hustle like never before:
1. "You can't have a million-dollar
dream with a minimum-wage work ethic." -- Stephen C. Hogan
2. "When I was young, I observed
that nine out of 10 things I did were failures. So I did 10 times more
work." -- George Bernard Shaw
3. "If you have an idea of what you
want to do in your future, you must go at it with almost monastic obsession, be
it music, the ballet or just a basic degree. You have to go at it
single-mindedly and let nothing get in your way." -- Henry Rollins
4. "Give your dreams all you've got
and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you." -- William
James
5. "Many people think they want
things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak.
I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough." --
Sophia Loren
6. "Put your heart, mind, intellect
and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success."
-- Swami Sivananda
7. "If a man is called a
street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or
Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets
so well that all the hosts of heaven and Earth will pause to say, 'Here lived a
great street sweeper who did his job well.'" -- Martin Luther
King, Jr.
8. "All life demands struggle. Those
who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish and insensitive to
the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly
try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today." --
Pope Paul VI
9. "Talent is cheaper than table
salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot
of hard work." -- Stephen King
10. "God gives every bird its food,
but He does not throw it into its nest." -- J.G. Holland
11. "Much good work is lost for the
lack of a little more." -- Edward H. Harriman
12. "The difference between try and
triumph is a little umph." -- Marvin Phillips (or an unknown author)
13. "The person who is waiting for
something to turn up might start with their shirt sleeves." -- Garth
Henrichs
14. "Those at the top of the
mountain didn't fall there." -- Marcus Washling
15. "If you feel you are down
on your luck, check the level of your effort." -- Robert Brault
16. "You're either changing your
life or you're not. No waiting for this or that or better weather or other
hurdles. Hurdles are the change." -- Terri Guillemets
17. "Be not afraid of going slowly.
Be afraid only of standing still." -- Chinese proverb
18. "He who is outside his door has
the hardest part of his journey behind him." -- Dutch proverb
19. "I do not know anyone who has
got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get
you to the top, but should get you pretty near." -- Margaret Thatcher
20. "The people who get on in this
world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and,
if they can’t find them, make them." -- George
Bernard Shaw
Read these quotes. Analyze these quotes.
Most important, adopt these quotes into your everyday life.
Something that has worked wonders for me
over the years is to write at least one really moving quote on a
note card and carry it around with me everywhere I go. Whenever I am
feeling unmotivated or in a slump, I take a glance at this card and instantly
get right back on track again.
Make it your personal business to never
let anyone outwork you.
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