Mike Colter Quotes

Those that spend the most effort in search of shortcuts are often the most disappointed and the least successful.

It is a pity that doing one's best does not always answer.

I just assume that I'll fail at something for several years - that I'll try my hardest and still fail for several years. With writing, that turned out to be wrong. I tried my hardest and failed for about fifteen years.

If you don't work hard, then you aren't going to have the success that you want. But if you work hard and dig in, then you are going to have the success that you want.

I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

I expected results.

I wanted to put in the time and the work, because eventually it pays off in a good way.

Sometimes hard work doesn't pay off.

Hard work speaks for itself.

You can't cheat the game. You can't cheat the grind. You get out what you put in at the end of the day.

Hard work and only hard work has paid off for me. Being a very small industry, hard work is a must. It has worked wonders for me most of the time.

Practicing hard doesn't guarantee you anything.

You are not guaranteed to be part of that story if you don't perform.

You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.

I was lucky. I grew up knowing that hard work and smart work has a greater impact on results than being passionate about something.

Infinite patience produces immediate results.

Sometimes, you have no idea why something works and other times, you put so much work and effort into something and it just falls flat.

Nobody knows when you make an effort or when you plant a seed if it will bear fruit or not.

I think one of my biggest lessons so far in life is that hard work really does pay off. It may not culminate in the way you expected it to, but I have found that when I really put my head down and apply myself, I often get a good result.

Doing is overrated, and success undesirable, but the bitterness of failure even more so.

The one requirement for success in our business lives is effort. Either you make the commitment to get results or you don't.

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results.

Hard work pays off if you're patient enough to see it through.

If you put in the time, you’ll see the rewards.