Top 100 I've Worked Hard Quotes
#1. Yes, I've worked hard; and yes, I may have achieved a certain level of success-but I'm very clear about the fact that none of it would be worth it without doing the things that keep me close to God.
David Archuleta
#2. I guess I just always imagined that I was going to die, like, somehow on top. I was going to, like, go out in some sort of blaze of glory. I never thought about sort of fading into obscurity. And I've worked so hard at having a life, an identity, in obscurity and finding peace with that.
Steve-O
#3. I've got a song called 'Salt Skin' because when you run in the heat it evaporates and you've got salt crystals on your face. I love that, because it means you've worked really hard.
Ellie Goulding
#4. I think it's easiest to teach by example. My dad didn't tell us to work hard; we just saw how hard he worked. I know I have shortcomings - like a short fuse - but I've learned you can't come home from a long day of work and snap at the kids.
Chris O'Donnell
#5. I started working with synthesizer players, and I had to find new instruments. I needed a more complex sound, so I went to a surplus place and got a bunch of hard plastic stuff and stainless steel stuff, and that stuff worked. So from that point on, from the 70s on, I've made instruments.
Z'EV
#6. I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.
Beck
#7. I once was poor myself. I worked to get where I am today and I've worked hard to spend $100,000 a year on my clothes and I've worked hard to earn $3 million a year. I deserve what I get because I worked for it.
Liberace
#8. We all know far too many stories where the third generation just destroys everything that the first two have built up, and I certainly hope my family are different because I've worked too hard and my father has worked too hard for it to be given away.
Gina Rinehart
#9. I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense of the word.
Erykah Badu
#11. I've worked very hard, but my life's always been fun.
Reed Hastings
#12. I'm a better writer now because I've worked very hard at getting better. My long-range goal will always be to write better books.
George Pelecanos
#13. What is frustrating is being told that no matter how hard I've worked, it counts less than my appearance. Although if you're not considered conventionally attractive, that also becomes an issue: you know, you're a feminist because you couldn't get a man.
Gloria Steinem
#14. I've worked really hard, but I know people who have worked even harder but didn't have the chances I've had.
David Lindsay-Abaire
#15. I've never worked in my natural accent, having studied so hard to get rid of it when I moved to England as a child where I was bullied at school for 'talking funny.'
Gina Bellman
#16. I've worked hard with my body, just in case someone needs me to play third or short. I'm happy to go back to short, it's my natural position. I'm here to help and here to do whatever the manager wants me to do.
Miguel Tejada
#17. A lot of critics object to what I do, but I got into comedy to make people laugh, and I've always worked hard.
Adam Sandler
#18. I've worked really, really hard on myself to not be judgmental.
Jane Fonda
#19. I've learned that if I only put my mind to one thing that I can get tunnel vision. Then I may not be as open to other opportunities because I'm so focused on one thing. I think what's worked better for me personally is I have three goals every day: be nice, work hard, and make friends.
Gigi Hadid
#20. I've had a very full life, and I've enjoyed it very much. I've learned a great deal and feel indebted to all the people who have worked so hard.
Tony Benn
#21. I always wanted to be a part of a New York-based label, so I've worked really hard to try and network with people that I felt would put me in the right place.
Bridget Kelly
#22. Ty better appreciate how hard I've worked to make myself attractive for him this morning because I am fucking spent.
Miranda Kenneally
#23. I'm a woman, of course I still have curves on me, and that's ok. I had a baby and I've worked hard. And I don't think women should have to feel that kind of pressure. I've done it really healthfully, and I took my time.
Lily Aldridge
#24. I've worked very hard for everything I have and nothing has come easy.
LeAnn Rimes
#26. It's hard to generalize about that subject because the women I've worked with have all been so different. But if there's one consistency, it might be that you do have to handle yourself differently on a set. Women can be more emotional - at least they sometimes show it more.
Kristen Stewart
#27. I've always felt that if I worked hard enough and continued to refine my craft, while staying curious about our times and our world, I just might have something to contribute.
Jerry Pinkney
#28. I think it's cool that people kind of look at me as one of the originators of online video and one of the pioneers of YouTube because I've worked really hard to build an audience and make content that I'm proud of.
Shane Dawson
#29. I'm happy for the success that I've had, but I've worked so hard at it.
Jenni Rivera
#31. This has been my dream since I was a little girl. I've worked so hard for this moment, and its finally coming true and I couldn't be more happy.
Pia Toscano
#32. I want certain things out of life. I want my grand kids, my kids' kids, being able to inherit what I've worked so hard to build.
Ace Hood
#33. I've never had a sense of entitlement. I saw how hard my father worked for his money, and it was always made very clear to me that things wouldn't just be given to me.
Ivanka Trump
#34. When I'm playing a team sport, it's not about one individual, it's about everyone, from me to the other 23 people who were there, to all the support staff who've worked very hard behind the scenes.
Gautam Gambhir
#35. People think I've got a problem with the press. Actually I have no problem with the press, but just like in football there are a handful who cause problems because they're disrespectful, they're lazy, and above all - and this is what really gets to me - they haven't worked hard to get there.
Gordon Strachan
#36. I've worked very hard at understanding myself, learning to be assertive. I'm past the point where I worry about people liking me.
Pam Dawber
#37. I've got to work really hard and I know exactly what I've achieved because I know how hard I've worked, and I make sure to work as hard as I absolutely possibly can, because I know that's the only shot I have at being successful.
Ben Affleck
#38. I am an American man, and in America, we still think of figure skaters as little girls in pretty, sparkly dresses - I worked very hard to change the perception and image of figure skating, and I think I've done a great job on my end, but in figure skating, taste needs to evolve.
Johnny Weir
#39. I've worked really hard to build up a career on my own. I turned 30 recently and it took me a long time to get the chance to make a feature film and do it on my own terms.
Duncan Jones
#40. I've worked hard to remember it ... The problem is I'm not sure what's real memory and what's my brain filling in details, like a guy whose heart stops and he thinks he sees a bright light. Except I'm sure of my bright light.
Phil Klay
#41. I've worked hard and I deserve everything I have. I never thought I'd have so much money. I just wanted to be financially stable and it embarrasses me and I don't feel comfortable talking or thinking about it. I don't know exactly how much I have but I don't buy much.
Beyonce Knowles
#42. I've done everything for the wrong reasons. All the good works people credit to me are nothing because I did them expecting God to repay me. I thought if I worked hard enough, God would have to give me what I wanted. The truth is I've never served the Lord at all. I was always serving myself.
Francine Rivers
#43. I can't tell you how hard I worked the last year. In fact, I worked so hard that I know I can't maintain that same work level in 2001, so I've got to quit something.
Christopher Darden
#44. Someone once told me: 'Luck is when opportunity meets preparation'. And that's what I really feel with my music. I've worked really, really hard on it. It was like, 'this is really what I want to do.. what do I have to do to make it work?'
Erica Packer
#45. If I'm not with a butch everyone just assumes I'm straight. It's like I'm passing too, against my will. I'm sick of the world thinking I'm straight. I've worked hard to be discriminated against as a lesbian
Leslie Feinberg
#46. I understand that people might be poor if they don't have any work, but I don't accept that someone is poor if they've worked really hard.
Nicolas Sarkozy
#47. I mean, they're threatening - my career is over. You know, everything I've worked so hard. I've worked extremely hard since about 17 years old, you know, as a White House intern on up.
Andrea Mackris
#48. I've been blessed with good eyebrows, and I've worked very hard for them. Get a good brow pencil, fill them in a bit, make them perfect, and I guarantee you'll feel better. At least it works for me.
Zendaya
#49. I have always been driven; I've always wanted to be published, and I wanted to make that happen, so I worked very hard. 'Perfectionist' would be a word to describe me.
Samantha Shannon
#50. There are very few people who are Asian who have the kind of global reach that I have, not just with Asians but with non-Asians. I've worked hard for what my name represents, my brand, not just in Britain but around the world.
Gurinder Chadha
#51. I don't really feel much more confident than I did the last couple years. I've always felt like I have a pretty good knuckleball. I worked hard to do that.?
R.A. Dickey
#52. I've never worked as hard as when I was at drama school. It's the most professional environment I've ever been in.
James McAvoy
#53. It's never bothered me to work hard. I've probably worked on some of the longest schedules in movie history.
Kevin Costner
#54. The truth is when I went to graduate school I would've said I was among the least talented of the students, I was certainly the least smart, or less educated. But I worked very hard.
Mary Karr
#55. Everything I do with BLK DNM is more personal than anything I have done before. I've worked hard to go deeper in my true intuition, and therefore I am definitely more pure in my personal taste than ever.
Johan Lindeberg
#56. I've certainly been very blessed. I can only say that I worked very hard in class and on set doing the best that I can at the moment. I was incredibly blessed with 'Battlestar' ... I tried to work my little butt off just to keep up with everybody else and not too many people kicked me.
Grace Park
#57. I've seen guys come along with more ability - they've been faster or bigger or stronger - but they never worked hard to develop themselves. Sometimes I've wondered what I could have done with their talent. On the other hand, the tag that I was too small and slow made me work hard.
Steve Largent
#58. The real story of Facebook is just that we've worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.
Mark Zuckerberg
#59. I have a history, a long history of being stereotyped as a five-foot-two woman, which is very limiting. I've worked so hard to create characters that have dignity. And I think everybody knows that I have a very pro-woman message in my work - and in my life.
Reese Witherspoon
#60. I've long struggled with my body image and have worked hard to achieve a healthy weight.
Adam Richman
#61. I don't really see myself as an accomplished person. I just worked hard and got opportunities to do what I love. I've been blessed.
Malese Jow
#62. I've worked hard on my doctorate, and I want to be acknowledged for that. But I also wanted to comment on this message that women get that the most important thing they can do is police their appearance.
Alissa Nutting
#63. I really feel that most things are difficult at the beginning and they become fun, something you love, only after you've worked at them. Making children do something hard can, in the long run, be a great parental service.
Amy Chua
#64. I adore my job. I think I'm one of the luckiest people out there. I've worked hard, but I get to mess about every day - that's how I see it.
Stephen Graham
#65. I just want to make everybody feel what I'm singing. And just to relate to me and know that this has been dream since I was a little girl. I've worked so hard for this, and I just want them to connect with me.
Pia Toscano
#66. I've worked really hard to get to where I am. Slow and steady wins the race, and I believe in paying your dues.
Amanda Bynes
#67. I always promised myself that if I was in position to be successful, I wouldn't take it for granted, because I know in the past how hard I've worked.
Chamique Holdsclaw
#68. I think that you have to present an image that is ... true to you, and ... the way you would like to be perceived, so I think that through the years I've worked really hard at trying to create an image that is true to me.
Kristanna Loken
#69. I've got great genetics from parents, and I'm not moaning that I have such a hard life. Trust me; it's worked out so much more in the positive then the negative.
Channing Tatum
#70. I love experienced people. I love people who are phenomenally talented. I love people who've worked so hard and been so courageous and are the leaders in their fields. For me to meet somebody like that and learn from them and share words with them -to me that's magic.
Michael Jackson
#71. I've worked so hard to eliminate the inner geek from my life. I suddenly realize I have no patience for those people who still have their geeks showing. Now I see why being 'normal' has been so important to me.
Kenny Loggins
#72. I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.
Elvis Costello
#73. I've worked really physically hard, and I was never afraid of working hard as younger bloke.
Matthew Nable
#74. I've always worked really hard, and the hardest thing I've ever done is have kids!
Gwen Stefani
#75. You think I was born rich? I've worked really hard. You have no idea.
Georges St-Pierre
#76. My dad was a baggage handler at Heathrow and careful with money. He worked hard and had three jobs when I was young. I wish I'd inherited his care for money. Sadly, I've grown up to be rather scatty when it comes to finances.
Gary Numan
#77. My accent has changed my whole life. When I was younger, it was very Nigerian, then when we went to England, it was very British. I think I have a very strange, hybrid accent, and I've worked very hard to get a solid American accent, which is what I use most of the time.
Toks Olagundoye
#78. It's very hard to be an artist, on my first album, and I'm like asking for money for a music video for every song - it's so hard to do. You have to pick your battles for sure, but I definitely want - and I've always worked to make it all connect - for all of it to feel cohesive.
Melanie Martinez
#79. I know people think we drive around in these nice cars and we do whatever we want and our parents will pay our credit cards, but that's not the case. Sure, my parents were generous; I got a nice car at 16, but at 18 I was cut off. I've worked really hard. I opened the store myself.
Kim Kardashian
#80. I've gotten to do a lot of stuff, traveled, worked hard at my career.
Laura Lippman
#81. I really want people to know that I've worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn't just happen overnight. I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I've learned through every partnership and opportunity.
Magic Johnson
#82. I feel so selfish, because I want the best of both worlds. I want to keep the image I've worked so hard to create.
Simone Elkeles
#83. I don't understand this phrase 'I've paid my dues.' We didn't have any money and lived on peanut butter and jelly, and I loved it. I don't regret any of it. We never expected to make it this far, but we worked hard to get here.
Ronnie Van Zant
#84. I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down, and I will not let myself down.
Mia Hamm
#85. I've worked hard and accomplished what I've accomplished in the heavyweight scene.
Lennox Lewis
#86. I've also worked hard portraying an Ireland which is fast disappearing. Ireland was a very depressed and difficult place in the 1980s, and I've tried to include that in the script. I worked really hard to find the heart of the book.
Neil Jordan
#87. I've taken a lot of time to build up the name Flavor Flav, but this could come tumbling down in 30 seconds. If you want to keep what you worked for hard all your life, then you got to do the right thing in your life.
Flavor Flav
#88. I think that anything that you do, any accomplishment that you make, you have to work for. And I've worked very hard in the last ten years of my life, definitely, and I can tell you that hard work pays off. It's not just a cliche.
Cameron Diaz
#89. My mother was the greatest example to me of anyone I've ever known. She didn't have an easy life. I adored her. She worked hard all her life, and she was the one who set my values. She was quite an amazing woman, although she wasn't tough at all.
Lauren Bacall
#90. My father worked real hard. I admired him. My father taught me you needed to work with your brain and not your back. I've made that a passion.
Don Cornelius
#91. Just taking risks for risk's sake, that doesn't do it for me. I'm willing to take risks that I think are worth it, and I've worked so hard to make sure that I survive.
Chris Hadfield
#92. There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself.
Elmer Bernstein
#93. I've worked hard, but this business can be tough, and I just consider myself incredibly lucky to have had the career that I have, and to still be having so much fun playing drums and making music.
Taylor Hawkins
#94. I've had a very productive life. I've worked very hard, I've never fallen prey to depression. I'm not sure I could have done all of that without being in psychoanalysis.
Woody Allen
#95. I've worked really hard. I could go and by a really expensive watch, but I don't. I still have an allowance and I stick to it. I never go over it and I always put a bit of money away to save.
Amy Childs
#96. You have to hone your craft, but you also have to be born with a certain amount of talent, and I never took the talent for granted - I've always worked really hard to be as good as I could be.
Diane Warren
#97. I've never worked so hard for anything in my life as I have for you.
Sylvia Day
#98. How is it that so often ... I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I already know, or knew, once.
Linda Ellerbee
#99. I want to be an improviser, and I've worked very hard at that. It's an art. You don't just play whatever comes into your head; you have to be very deliberate about what you do.
Neil Peart
#100. Whenever I hear the crowds going WOOOOO!! It makes me feel very good, it means I've worked very hard and earned a lot of respect, each night I go out there I go out there for the fans to make them smile, or make them cry.
Ric Flair
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