Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right, your perceived failure can become a catalyst for profound reinvention.

It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard … is what makes it great.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.

No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.

I didn’t get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.

Work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness.

Hard work keeps the wrinkles out of the mind and spirit.

All wealth is the product of labor.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of pleasures.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

I learned the value of hard work by working hard.