Outwork the Competition Quotes

“Everyone is looking for the hack, the secret to success without hard work.”

“Hustle is doing the things you don’t enjoy sometimes to earn the right to do the things you love.”

“Your competition is not other people but the time you kill, the ill will you create, the knowledge you neglect to learn, the connections you fail to build, the health you sacrifice along the path, your inability to generate ideas, the people around you who don’t support and love your efforts, and whatever god you curse for your bad luck.”

“Talent is the tiniest of sparks. A spark lights the fire. But you have to feed the fire more fuel to keep it going.”

“The muse, or the inspiration, does not just show up, it requires sweat as an offering.”

“The only thing ever achieved in life without effort is failure.”

“Effort is the true source of pride—not results.”

“The great ambition should be to excel all others engaged in the same occupation.”

“If you’ve got a good job, you should bust your butt to make your company as successful and profitable as possible.”

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

“I have always felt that the surest way to qualify for the job just ahead is to work a little harder than any one else on the job one is holding down.”

“Talent without working hard is nothing.”

“Space we can recover; time never.”

“A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.”

“When a man is a favorite of Fortune she never takes him unawares, and, however astonishing her favors may be, she finds him ready.”

“If you don’t play to win, don’t play at all.”

“See, there are a lot of guys who are all talk. They say they want to work harder and be the best, but they never pay the price.”

“You can’t go out and practice average on Wednesday, average on Thursday, okay on Friday and then expect to play well on Sunday.”

“Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into ten-minute units, and don’t waste even a minute.”

“Run, don’t walk. Either you’re running for food, or you are running from being food.”

“I have never seen ordinary effort lead to extraordinary results.”

“It doesn’t take talent to hustle.”

“You can’t hire someone to practice for you.”

“Intensity is the price of excellence.”

“Anything you do has a still point. When you are in that still point, you can perform maximally.”

“Don’t ask what’s the least you can do. Ask what’s the most you can bear.”

“The key to becoming successful is to work so ridiculously hard at acquiring skills that when people see how good you are they just assume you’re naturally talented.”

“Don’t be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It’s the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.”

“There are two types of people who never achieve very much in their lifetimes. One is the person who won’t do what he or she is told to do, and the other is the person who does no more than he or she is told to do.”

“Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.”

“Only the prepared speaker deserves to be confident.”

“Provide more service than what you get paid for.”

“Luck is nice, but work is something you can control. So get working!”

“Genius is fostered by industry.”

“For what I lack in experience I make up for in diligence.”

“Genes cannot make you successful if you’re not doing the work. Until you work as hard as those you admire, don’t explain away their success as luck.”

“The road less traveled is the road of delayed gratification. If you’re willing to wait for the rewards, you’ll face less competition and often get a bigger payoff. As the saying goes, the last mile is always the least crowded.”

“What looks like genius may simply be the byproduct of persistence and variety.”

“Competition is enjoyable only when it is a means to perfect one’s skills; when it becomes an end in itself, it ceases to be fun.”

“Do the work. Out-work. Out-think. Out-sell your expectations. There are no shortcuts.”

“Someone is out there looking to put you out of business. Someone is out there who thinks they have a better idea than you have. A better solution than you have. A better or more efficient product than you have.”