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Poem · Didactic poem

Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows.

Works and Days · 700 BC

★ 7.6

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Benjamin Franklin

1736

★ 7.6

God helps them that help themselves.

Benjamin Franklin

1736

★ 5.5

It is not the prize that can make us happy; it is not even the winning of the prize....[It is] the struggle, the long hot hour of the honest fight.... There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.

Anthony Trollope

Orley Farm · 1862

★ 4.3

All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.

Satires · 100

★ 3.8

No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.

374

★ 3.8

Speech · Political speech

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

First Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1933

★ 3.8

Scripture · Religious literature

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

931 BC

★ 3.7

Scripture · Religious literature

All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:23

686 BC

★ 3.7

Play · Problem play

Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.

William Shakespeare

Troilus and Cressida · 1603

★ 3.7

Film · Sports (film) · Comedy drama (film) · Sports · Comedy drama

It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.

A League of Their Own · 1992

★ 3.6

Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort.

2003

★ 3.6

Luck, if you will, is something you work for, and the harder you work the more luck you have.

Esther Eberstadt Brooke

1940

★ 3.5

Scripture · Religious literature

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men.

Colossians 3:23

62

★ 3.5

Political literature · Feminist literature

How can a rational being be ennobled by any thing that is not obtained by its own exertions?

Mary Wollstonecraft

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman · 1792

★ 2.9

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never led to good intention's goal.

Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote · 1615

★ 2.2

Play · Comedy (play)

Thou art not for the fashion of these times, Where none will sweat but for promotion.

William Shakespeare

As You Like It · 1616

★ 2.2

Poem · Magazine

Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Knickerbocker · 1838

★ 2.1

Autobiography and memoir

There is no substitute for hard work.

1932

★ 2.0

Interview · Magazine

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

1932

★ 2.0

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