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

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.

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

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

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson - What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson - What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Joan Rivers - I enjoy life when things are happening. I don't care if it's good things or bad things. That means you're alive.

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.

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

Margaret Mead - I learned the value of hard work by working hard.

Harry Golden - The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.

Liv Tyler - I cried on my 18th birthday. I thought 17 was such a nice age. You're young enough to get away with things, but you're old enough, too.

Garrison Keillor - They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

Dave Mustaine - Moving on, is a simple thing, what it leaves behind is hard.