The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity.
A lot of people don't have near the amount of success as I've been blessed to have, and it's all about working hard and hoping that continues.
I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism.
As society has shifted from an agrarian to an urban structure, the joy and necessity of diligent, hard work have been neglected.
War is society's dirty work, usually done by kids cleaning up failures perpetrated by adults.
I love Philip Glass' work, not only as a film composer but also as a musician. The film score work that he does always amazes and shocks me.
I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy.
You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you.
We don't separate out men and women working together in corporations.
I'm not one of those Hollywood moms where my kid is three weeks old and I'm a size zero. I'm a real woman and I'm a working woman and a working mom.
The only way marriage can work is if a man respects the woman and she is a thinking woman and he wants to work on the marriage.
Marriage can be work, it can be difficult, it can be hard, but I think working through those times makes you stronger as a couple and as a unit.
But the key to our marriage is the capacity to give each other a break. And to realize that it's not how our similarities work together; it's how our differences work together.
Acting and the industry of making movies is beautiful, but it's so exhausting and such hard work; if you don't absolutely 100% want to do something, it defeats the purpose.
Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me.
My right wrist is connected to the left foot. You know, if the left foot doesn't work, the right wrist doesn't work, and that's really the truth.
Be free, work hard, be brave, good luck will find you.
You may not be the person with high IQ, but you can be the person with highest hard work.
Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work.
Keep pressing forward and focused on your goals. Hard work does have a "pay day"!!-
I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.
