Stephen King - Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

David King - "Climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today, more serious even than the threat of terrorism."

Robert Griffin II - Hard work pays off - hard work beats talent any day, but if you're talented and work hard, it's hard to be beat.

Robert Half - Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.

Shannon Sharpe - A lot of people mistake habit for hard work. Doing something over and over again is not working hard.

Erykah Badu- I think a lot of people have lost respect for the individual, you know, the individual, the person who doesn't conform.

Edward de Bono - To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field.

Derek Jeter - When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that’s a really good feeling.

Derek Jeter - When you put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that's a really good feeling.

Julius Erving- I firmly believe that respect is a lot more important, and a lot greater, than popularity.

Stephen King - Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work.

Newt Gingrich - Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

Madame de Stael - Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

Ralph Lauren - A lot of hard work is hidden behind nice things.

Igor Sikorsky - The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.

Stephen King - The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Stephen King - You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.