“The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.”

Give me the power to produce fever and I’ll cure all disease.

It is indifferent to me where I am to begin, for there shall I return again.

To be and to have meaning are the same.

It is all one to me where I begin; for I shall come back again there.

Tis necessary for thee to learn all things, both the abiding essence of persuasive truth, and men’s opinions in which rests no true belief.

Let reason alone decide.

Or how could it come into being ? If it came into being, it is not; nor is it if it is going to be in the future.

Meet it is that thou shouldst learn all things, as well the unshaken heart of persuasive truth, as the opinions of mortals in which is no true belief at all.

Now that all things have been named light and night, and the names which belong to the power of each have been assigned to these things and to those, everything is full at once of light and dark night, both equal, since neither has ought to do with the other.

Being alone is and nothing is altogether not.

We can speak and think only of what exists. And what exists is uncreated and imperishable for it is whole and unchanging and complete. It was not or nor shall be different since it is now, all at once, one and continuous.

Thou canst not recognize not-being (for this is impossible), nor couldst thou speak of it, for thought and being are same.

Mortals have made up their minds to name two forms, one of which they should not name, and that is where they go astray from the truth.

It is the same thing that can be thought and for the sake of which thought exists.

Wherefore all these things are but the names which mortals have given, believing them to be true.

When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success.

Women attribute their success to working hard, luck, and help from other people. Men will attribute that – whatever success they have, that same success – to their own core skills.

With hard work, living a good life, you can do anything. You will be rewarded for that.

[Writing is] largely a matter of application and hard work, or writing and rewriting endlessly until you are satisfied that you have said what you want to say as clearly and simply as possible. For me that usually means many, many revisions.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don’t look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

Everyone’s dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.

I came from the Bronx and a certain background. I worked really hard. I kept my focus on the right things.

I don’t think there is anything wrong in earning money from the sport you love. If you work hard and get benefits from it, there is no harm. The day you feel that you are not working hard and are only looking at the benefits, that’s where the problem is.