Peter Ustinov Quotes

Work hard or don't work at all.

Do it right or don't do it at all. That comes from my mom. If there's something I want to do, I'm one of those people that won't be satisfied until I get it done. If I'm trying to sing something and I can't get it, I'm going to keep at it until I get where I want it.

There is absolutely nothing that beats hard work.

It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn’t want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering.

Our father taught us such a work ethic that if there's something worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Whatever I do, I have to put 100 percent of my focus into it because I don't like to do a bad job.

I know only one way: work hard.

If you don't have that ambition you start to be sloppy and that is not what I like to be.

I work really hard. I'm a perfectionist.

I have no magic formula. The only way I know to win is through hard work.

If you work hard, you have a better chance of producing something that you're proud of. If you don't, you won't. It's really simple.

I have a real worker-bee mentality. Just show up, just do it. Even if you feel like s--t and you think you're terrible and you'll never get better and it will never go anywhere, just show up and do it. And, eventually, something happens.

Talent is cheap. What really matters is discipline.

Hard work, dedication!

I worked as hard as I could. I was always the first one on the ice, and the last one off.

Success travels in the company of very hard work. There is no trick, no easy way.

No matter what you do, do it to your utmost. I always attribute my success to always requiring myself to do my level best, if only in driving a tack in straight.

It doesn't take any talent to play hard.

Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.

Drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.

It takes sacrifice as well as talent.

Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.

Nothing comes easy. I know that people joke all the time and try to figure out, you know, what it is that I do, but I work really hard. I get up every day at 5 a.m. and start my day. I think as long as you work really hard and figure out what you want to do and stay motivated and have a plan and stay committed - just don't be lazy. That's my best advice. It's the most simple advice, but it really worked for me. I think that for some reason, I see people that think things will come easy and it doesn't really come easy.

It's important to work hard - there's no short cut around that.