On Hardwork

A post on Quora about popular quotes from celebrities. And interestingly most of them had to talk about one thing  in common 'hard work' and perseverance. That is what defines them.

Here are some that I liked the most:

"I hate that word- ‘lucky.’ It cheapens a lot of hard work. Living in an apartment without any heat and paying for dinner with dimes- I don’t think I felt myself lucky back then. Doing plays for 50 bucks and trying to be true to myself as an artist and turning down commercials where they wanted a leprechaun. Saying I was lucky  negates the hard work I put in and spits on that guy who’s freezing his ass off back in Brooklyn. So I won’t say I’m lucky. I’m fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me"
 - Peter Dinklage.

"The only thing that I see that is distinctly different about me is I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill. I will not be out-worked, period. You might have more talent than me, you might be smarter than me, you might be sexier than me, you might be all of those things you got it on me in nine categories. But if we get on the treadmill together, there's two things: You're getting off first, or I'm going to die. It's really that simple, right?
You're not going to out-work me. It's such a simple, basic concept. The guy who is willing to hustle the most is going to be the guy that just gets that loose ball. The majority of people who aren't getting the places they want or aren't achieving the things that they want in this business is strictly based on hustle. It's strictly based on being out-worked; it's strictly based on missing crucial opportunities. I say all the time if you stay ready, you ain't gotta get ready"
 -- Will Smith

The last one is the best :

 

The Indian Heart

".... This is not England , or New Zealand, or Australia or wherever the f_ else.
This is India ,man.This is India. This is the land of the heart.This is where the heart is king man.
The f_ing  heart. That's why you're free. That's why the cop gave you back your phony passport.
That's why you can walk around ,and not get picked up , even though they  know who you are.
They could have f_ed you,Lin. ..... But they didn't do it ,and they wont do it, because you got them in their heart,man,in their Indian f_g heart .  Well, he f_ed up in Australia ,but he's done some good
sh*t here.If he pays up , we'll let the f_er go. Because they are  Indians man. That's how we keep this crazy place together- with the heart . Two hundred f_ing languages ,and a billion people. India is the heart.  Its the heart that keeps us together .There's no place with people like my people ,Lin. no heart like the Indian heart"
                                                                    Shantaram -pg 455.

Background if you have not read the book. - Shantaram is a criminal who escapes prison in Australia and stays in India with a fake passport. He gets caught and stays in prison for 3 month. After some background check, the police let him go .Shantaram’s friend Vikram explains why the police let him go.

Jaishan made this for my birthday !