Charles Duhigg Quotes

Korean students are hard working, talented, and they do what they need to do. They succeed in exams. They are highly motivated to succeed in tests.

I'm just living my life. I'm incredibly disciplined and I work incredibly hard. I show up for things on time, I do my homework, and I work my ass off. I've had a lot of luck, but I work really, really hard.

Talented people without discipline don't go anywhere.

Talent is cheap. What really matters is discipline.

Many successful people are no more talented than unsuccessful people. The difference between them lies in the old axiom that successful people do those things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

Hard work breeds self-respect.

I'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible on the weekends about getting up at reasonable hours and all of those things. But, when it comes to my work and the discipline it takes to get to work on time - I hate unprofessionalism.

It's about working when nobody's watching.

The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.

I believed in studying just because I knew education was a privilege. It was the discipline of study, to get into the habit of doing something that you don't want to do.

Across professions, consistency is a direct product of work ethic.

Working hard is way more fun. If you had to goof off 40 hours a week, you couldn't do it. It would drive you crazy.

The habits of study in which I have been brought up have done much to support me. I never allow myself to be one moment unoccupied.

I would have to say I was an excellent student. I was the type to always do my homework and study when I needed to. I never really partied or did anything like that.

I guess maybe another gift I have is a great work ethic.

I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had a 3.2. I always wished that I had the capacity to get straight A's, but I didn't. I didn't beat myself up about it, but I really studied hard for my grades.

You may be in a medical or engineering college, but not all will stand first in class. It depends on who studies the most.

I've worked hard, every single day since I left school. I think I have a Protestant work ethic.

I come from the kind of family where work is work; my parents always taught me that it's better to be doing something than sitting around doing nothing.

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

Do the day's work.

I know only one way: work hard.

There's a lot that's out of your control. But the one thing that you can control is your work ethic.

My mother and father have always drilled in to me that work is very important.