CURATED COLLECTION

The Discipline of Hard Work

Talent is common — what's rare is the willingness to do the same hard thing, again, every day.

110 quotes found

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I was not made for perfection. I was made to try and to be my best.

—Simone BilesAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important.

—HesiodEpic Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.

—HesiodEpic Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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With every passing year, the education you have becomes more valuable.

—Lee Kuan YewScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • Southeast Asia

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There is no greater wealth than to be free from fault.

—TiruvalluvarPoet, Philosopher & Author

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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All enterprises are dependent on finance. Hence, treasury is the most important.

—KautilyaPhilosopher & Economist

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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Fortune is not on the side of the faint‑hearted.

—Torquato TassoPoet

Renaissance ERA • Southern Europe

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When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

—LaoziPhilosopher & Author

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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Progress is simply a function of how much energy you apply to a problem.

—Elon MuskEntrepreneur & Engineer

Digital Age ERA • North America

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I always say, 'Stay true to yourself,' and that's what I did.

—Simone BilesAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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A single well‑executed plan is worth a thousand unexamined ideas.

—KautilyaPhilosopher & Economist

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth and near. But goodness comes with effort.

—HesiodEpic Poet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Patience is the foundation of all endeavors, and success its crown.

—Bayram KhanPoet

Renaissance ERA • Central Asia

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Filmmaking is not a sprint, it’s a marathon. It’s a series of choices.

—Ava DuVernayAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.

—Baruch SpinozaPhilosopher

Renaissance ERA • Western Europe

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From truth, resolve. From resolve, work. From work, fruit.

—Chandogya UpanishadAuthor & Thinker

Ancient World ERA • South Asia

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To be truly free is to be free from concern for outcomes.

—ZhuangziPhilosopher

Ancient World ERA • East Asia

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If you no hustle you no go eat.

—DavidoScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

—OvidPoet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Ambition without strategy is just a wish.

—Kemi AdetibaKing

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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