Outwork the Competition Quotes
Talent is common; the will to outwork everyone is not. The man who gives more than is asked collects rewards the clock-watchers never see. This Productivity path holds history's hardest quotes on work ethic and the extra mile. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.”
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“There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.”
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“You don't need to be the smartest guy in the room, just the hardest working”
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“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”
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“Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.”
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“My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.”
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“Hustle beats talent when talent doesn't hustle.”
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“Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.”
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“Talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.”
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“A genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.”
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“No matter what your ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.”
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“As much as talent counts, effort counts twice.”
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“Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.”
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“No one can make you work harder than you do.”
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“Nobody cares. Work harder.”
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“Winners are those people who make a habit of doing the things losers are uncomfortable doing.”
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“If a man does his best, what else is there?”
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“Competition breeds excellence.”
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“Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.”
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“Play like a champion today.”
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“Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.”
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“The man who has done his best has done everything.”
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“Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.”
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“You only have to do a few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.”
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“It's not about money or connections. It's the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone.”
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“If you can't outplay them, outwork them.”
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“Play by the rules, but be ferocious.”
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“Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you do things right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”
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“Work harder on you than everyone else and you will become unusually successful.”
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“Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it away from you.”
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“Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.”
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“Don't dream of winning, train for it!”
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“Just say to yourself, how bad do I want this? Am I working harder than the person who will be standing next to me?”
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“You will succeed because most people are lazy.”
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“If you want to be successful, you've got to be willing to do what others won't.”
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“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.”
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“Look in the mirror. That's your competition.”
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“Everybody wants to be a beast, until it's time to do what real beasts do.”
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“Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.”
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“There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.”
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“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”
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“The difference between good and great is just a little extra effort.”
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“The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.”
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“No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.”
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“Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.”
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“Why put out something less when you can put out something more?”
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“Whatever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it, they will want to come back and see you do it again, and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.”
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“Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.”
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“Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.”
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“Go the extra mile. There's no one on it!”
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