Sometimes hard work doesn’t pay off.
I have so many things to work on, and so many ways that I fail. But that’s what grace is all about. And I constantly wake up every morning trying to get better, trying to improve, trying to walk closer to God.
I’ve got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
My parents are very proud of my success but still worry, as I’m in a profession where there is no guarantee of work. They have always supported my decision to go into acting, but there have been tough times work-wise.
Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn’t guarantee success, but without it you don’t have a chance.
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.
Behaving like a princess is work. It’s not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It’s more about how you are inside.
There was a time when men thought it was sexy to have a housewife waiting for him to come home from work in her slippers, but in modern society, I think an independent woman is even more sexy.
A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.
I’m finding myself. I’m finding things I’m good at, things I need to work at.
I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work as a representative of my country, Canada, whose people have, I think, shown their devotion to peace.
When you go all over the world for work, your dream vacation is your bedroom.
I like being the underdog so they don’t expect what’s going to happen. It pushes me to work harder and do the things I’m not doing better.
Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.
Eat all the junk food you want – as long as you cook it yourself. That way, it’ll be less junky, and you won’t eat it every day because it’s a lot of work.
Watch every detail that affects the accuracy of your work.
In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.
It has never been, and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.
You will have ups and downs – but believe anything is possible. With hard work, it can come off.
The best way to learn is by doing. The only way to build a strong work ethic is getting your hands dirty.
If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that’s exactly what I did.
Anything is possible if you’re willing to work for it.
Mum didn’t have shoes. She was the eldest of 10 kids, and some nights they went without food. That’s why, from a young age, I wanted to work hard and change that cycle, to provide not only for my parents but my siblings, too.
Things aren’t gifted to you. Things don’t just come from an idea, from nothing. You have to work for them. You have to pursue them. You have to take time. You have to sacrifice.
