John Ruskin Quotes

In this world, the greatest rewards of success, wealth and happiness are usually obtained not through the exercise of special powers such a genius or intellect but through one's energetic use of simple means and ordinary qualities.

There is always work, and tools to work withal, for those, who will.

There is absolutely nothing that beats hard work.

No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.

No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.

He who labors diligently need never despair.

The true success is to labour.

Hell itself must yield to industry.

Those Oriental people work like dogs. That’s why they’re successful in life. I went to Seoul, South Korea, I went to Taipei, Taiwan. I went to Tokyo, Japan. That’s why these people are so hard workers. I’m telling you, the Oriental people, they’re slowly taking over.

Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness.

There never has been devised, and there never will be devised, any law which will enable a man to succeed save by the exercise of those qualities which have always been the prerequisites of success - the qualities of hard work, of keen intelligence, of unflinching will.

Work hard. Hard work is the best investment a man can make.

The only way the magic works is by hard work. But hard work can be fun.

Accustom yourself to tireless activity.

Genius, without work, is certainly a dumb oracle, and it is unquestionably true that the men of the highest genius have invariably been found to be amongst the most plodding, hard-working, and intent men -- their chief characteristic apparently consisting simply in their power of laboring more intensely and effectively than others.

There is no substitute for work; what seems ease of performance comes from the greatest labor.

I've been good about keeping my nose to the grindstone.

To the young: Work, work, work, and then work some more!

German diligence is actually endurance.

Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.

It is said that good things come to those who wait. I believe that good things come to those who work.

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun.

It doesn't take talent to work hard.

Just because you're not sweating doesn't mean you're not putting in the work.

Working hard is not always fun - that's why it is called work.