1. “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” -Dale Carnegie, author and lecturer
2. “There are no traffic jams on the extra mile.” -Zig Ziglar, author and motivational speaker
3. “I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.” -Thomas Jefferson, American Founding Father
4. “If something is important enough, even if the odds are against you, you should still do it.” -Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX
5. “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” -Coco Chanel, fashion designer
6. “I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.” -Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the U.S.
7. “Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.” -Sam Ewing, author
8. “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” -Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, actor
9. “If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. If we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” -Josh Billings, humorist
10. “The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” -Thomas Paine, American Founding Father
11. “You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training” -Tom Hopkins, sales leader
12. “On any given Monday I am one sale closer and one idea away from being a millionaire.” -Larry D. Turner
13. “There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.” -Michael Phelps, Olympic swimmer
14. “When you do more than you’re paid for, eventually you’ll be paid for more than you do.” -Zig Ziglar, author and motivational speaker
15. “People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.” -George Bernard Shaw, playwright
16. “Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. Most of all, other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you.” -Jeffrey Gitomer; author, speaker, and business trainer
17. “The only thing standing between you and outrageous success is continuous progress.” -Dan Waldschmidt, business strategist
18. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” -Tim Notke, basketball coach
19. “I can say the willingness to get dirty has always defined us as a nation, and it’s a hallmark of hard work and a hallmark of fun, and dirt is not the enemy.” -Mike Rowe, actor and producer
20. “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses — behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” -Muhammad Ali, boxer
21. “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven played music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.” -Martin Luther King, Jr., Baptist minister and activist
