“A lot of young actors have the idea that, ‘I’ve got to do this right. There’s a right way to do this.’ But there’s no right or wrong. There’s only good and bad. And ‘bad’ usually happens when you’re trying too hard to do it right. There’s a very broad spectrum of things that can inhibit you. The mos…”— Robert De Niro, forbes.com
“I think people sometimes don’t pay enough attention to what they do. I’ve done well, but the reason is pretty simple: I’ve worked my ass off. The toughest thing a performer can do is make it look as if it comes easy.”— Justin Timberlake, forbes.com
“A lot of young actors have the idea that, ‘I’ve got to do this right. There’s a right way to do this.’ But there’s no right or wrong. There’s only good and bad. And ‘bad’ usually happens when you’re trying too hard to do it right. There’s a very broad spectrum of things that can inhibit you. The mos…”— Robert DeNiro, forbes.com
“Hey, if I don’t have a job, I don’t know why I bother to get up. Any time the phone rings, I’m ready to go. What else am I going to do? See, I’ve never retired. I don’t even know what it means.”— Morgan Freeman, forbes.com
“Try to look at your experience here as a mandala, Chapman. Work hard to make something as meaningful and beautiful as you can. And when you're done, pack it in and know it was all temporary. You have to remember that. It's all temporary.”— Yoga Jones, youtube.com
“You really want to make it work. Even when you’ve gone through an incredibly rough patch, you never once considered breaking it off. No matter what happens, you know that the two of you can work through anything – and neither of you are going anywhere anytime soon.”— Lesley Marchant, glamour.co.za
“Fuck motivation. it’s a fickle and and unreliable little dickfuck and isn’t worth your time. Better to cultivate discipline than to rely on motivation. force yourself to do things. force yourself to get up out of bed and practice. Force yourself to work. Motivation is fleeting and it’s easy to rely…”— Anonymous, thereallimegreenandloki.tumblr.com
“The world is moved along, not only by it's mighty shoves, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.”— Helen Keller, amazon.com
“And stop being in such a rush. There is no elevator to success; you have to take the stairs.”— Khloé Kardashian, amazon.com
“A marriage is hard work and sometimes it’s a bit of a bore. It’s like housework. It’s never finished. You’ve just got to grit your teeth and keep working away at it, day after day.”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com
“I really believe that you have to earn things. I don't feel comfortable unless I have worked really hard.”— Emma Watson, people.com
“It's almost like the better I do, the more my feeling of inadequacy actually increases, because I'm just going, 'Any moment, someone's going to find out I'm a total fraud, and that I don't deserve any of what I've achieved. I can't possibly live up to what everyone thinks I am and what everyone's ex…”— Emma Watson, emma-watson.net
“I just hate losing and that gives you an extra determination to work harder.”— Wayne Rooney, successstory.com
“The thing I love most about my generation — and something that rarely gets recognized — is that we’re fucking hustlers. We make it work. We get that money. We’re innovative and resourceful. The odds may be stacked against us and yet we still find a way to triumph.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“The great thing about being in your 20s is that you have absolutely nothing to lose. The worst that can happen is a rejection letter, which you can stash and use as motivation to keep working hard.”— Kali Borovic, huffingtonpost.com
“The most helpful advice I can give you is to work hard. Take it or leave it.”— Grace Helbig, amazon.com