‚Perfection‘ to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, ‚I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do.‘ I was a hundred percent, like the meter was at the top. There was nothing else I could have done. You know? Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That’s perfection.
DrakeThere are phases in life which surface at times, and it makes you understand that despite you working hard, everything what you are doing is probably not enough. That’s when you need to look around, and beyond.
Sunil ChhetriIf your culture doesn’t like geeks, you are in real trouble.
Bill GatesHistory shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.
Lady GagaBeware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
Kurt VonnegutIt is the duty of every thoughtful Indian not to marry. In case he is helpless in regard to marriage, he should abstain from sexual intercourse with his wife.
Mahatma GandhiTo remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.
John C. MaxwellNobody’s ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard and think there’s some Shakespearean play taking place. But nowhere else anyway.
Richard BransonA lot of stuff I do out of pure obsessiveness.
Jerry SeinfeldIt is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn.
B. C. ForbesNothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.
Booker T. WashingtonEvery night on the court I give my all, and if I’m not giving 100 percent, I criticize myself.
LeBron JamesAs a father and now a grandfather to three wonderful grandchildren, I know how magical the first year of a child’s life is but also how much hard work it takes. Being able to spend as much time as possible with your loved ones is absolutely vital, especially early on.
Richard BransonThe people who hold that our culture is an oppressive patriarchy, they don’t want to admit that the current hierarchy might be predicated on competence.
Jordan PetersonI’d love to do a musical. I’ve been known to have a good step or two. I’m half Samoan, you know, and part of our culture is singing and dancing daily.
Dwayne JohnsonThe best is the enemy of the good.
VoltaireAmerica is just downright mean.
Michelle ObamaQuacks are a part of our culture, and we all fall prey to them. Who among us can say, for sure, that even our own personal physicians are honest and competent?
Hunter S. ThompsonCulture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
Mahatma GandhiY’all are so cute and y’all talk so proper over here. I love England.
Beyonce KnowlesLet us read and let us dance – two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.
VoltaireA nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
Mahatma GandhiI was asked to act when I couldn’t act. I was asked to sing ‚Funny Face‘ when I couldn’t sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn’t dance – and do all kinds of things I wasn’t prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.
Audrey HepburnBe extra careful in the work environment with those who like to maintain their position through charm and being political, rather than getting things done. They are very prone to envying and hating those who work hard and get results. They will slander and sabotage you without any warning.
Robert GreeneThe great moments of rock ‚n‘ roll were never off in some corner of the music world, in a self-constructed ghetto.
BonoI have a slight bit of OCD, I think. I’m not walking around flipping light switches. But when I say I’m going to do something, I have to do it.
EminemNo people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it.
James BaldwinSuccess is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
Colin PowellAll of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.
Carl SaganPop music will never be low brow.
Lady GagaOther than obvious errors like forgetting a line, often I can’t see any difference between take one and take 20.
Clint EastwoodPiety is not a goal but a means to attain through the purest peace of mind the highest culture.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMy family didn’t have a lot of money, so I worked my heart out to get my degrees. But the minute I graduated, suddenly everyone was asking me, ‚Well, when are you going to get married and start having kids?‘ And the truth is I had no idea how I would balance the expected role of wife and mother with a challenging career.
Michelle ObamaThe highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
John RuskinThere is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A.
Gordon RamsayA lot of dreams can turn to nightmares… if you don’t really work them.
Dolly PartonTo be recognized for the hard work my team and I put into ‚Starboy‘ is an honor.
The WeekndLook at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamI’m very picky; I’m never happy with anything. It’s so hard to give the record away and accept that you’re done.
AuroraI love the natural world – it comes from my culture, which grew out of a people enslaved.
Alice WalkerThe opportunities of America opened out to me the public schools. They carried me to the professional training of an American university. I began by working with my own hands for my daily bread.
Herbert HooverIt’s really hard to guarantee things in life. I guarantee if you get up in the morning and you work out, and you work hard, you will have a better day – 100% guaranteed.
Jocko WillinkYou have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.
Brian TracyIf you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does, he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving 20 hours a day to provide his customers with the best goods or services he can and creating the best possible working conditions for his employees.
Noam ChomskyWhat the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
Will RogersSome people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.
Henny YoungmanIrrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn’t mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.
Virat KohliI don’t want no handouts. I want to get it out the mud.
Kevin GatesUnlike Europe, China can’t be intimidated. Europe backs down if the United States looks at it the wrong way. But China, they’ve been there for 3,000 years and are paying no attention to the barbarians and don’t see any need to.
Noam ChomskyPeople say ‚I want to be rich‘. The question is, ‚Are you willing to do what it takes?‘
Robert KiyosakiThe arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.
Vivienne WestwoodWe just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.
Dolly PartonThat’s been one of my mantras – focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
Steve JobsIf you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.
Dale CarnegieThe decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI wanted to sell a million records, and I sold a million records. I wanted to go platinum; I went platinum. I’ve been working nonstop since I was 15. I don’t even know how to chill out.
Beyonce KnowlesA great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.
Ludwig van BeethovenCinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
Jackie ChanJohn Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.
Barack ObamaI worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty.
Groucho Marx