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50 Hustle Quotes to Keep You Motivated & Productive

1. “It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone when it comes to your business.”

– Mark Cuban, Entrepreneur

2. “When I was young, I observed that nine out of 10 things I did were failures. So I did 10 times more work.” 

– George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, Political Activist.

3. “Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.” 

– William James,  philosopher, historian, and psychologist.

4. “You can’t have a million-dollar dream with a minimum-wage work ethic.” 

– Stephen C. Hogan, Irish actor  actor and narrator.

5. “I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.” 

– Margaret Thatcher, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

6. “Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you’re not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.”

 – David Rockefeller,  Investment Banker

7. “The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.” 

– Henry Ford,  industrialist

8. “The hustle brings the dollar. The experience brings the knowledge. The persistence brings success.”

 – Ross Simmonds, Canadian Marketer, Strategist, Entrepreneur

9. “There is no substitute for hard work. Never give up. Never stop believing. Never stop fighting.” 

– Hope Hicks, Former White House Communications Director

10. “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” 

– Paul J. Meyer, Pioneer author of the self-improvement industry.

11. “The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.” 

– Bruce Feirstein

12. “I’m a firm believer in the hustle game.” 

– Eric Snow,  basketball coach.

13. “Much good work is lost for the lack of a little more.” 

– Edward H. Harriman,  financier

14. “It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone when it comes to your business.” 

– Mark Cuban,  Entrepreneur.

15. “A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them.”

 – Henry Kravis,  businessman

16. “We live in the land of opportunities. People come from all over the world to hustle and work their way up to places that they could only imagine or dream of.”

 – Farshad Asl, Author

17. “The key to success is to start before you are ready.” 

– Marie Forleo,  entrepreneur

18. “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.”

– Steve Jobs,  business magnate

– Fran Lebowitz,  photograph

20. “The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.” 

– Dale Carnegie,  businessman

21. "Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit."

– Conrad Hilton, buisnessman

22. “When I started flirting with the hustle, failure became my ex. Now I’m engaged to the game and married to success.”

 – Lil Wayne,  rapper

23. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” 

– Thomas Edison,  Inventor

24. “Having the positive belief that it will all be okay just means that you hustle and make it work because failure is not even an option in your own mind.” 

– Natalie Massenet,  fashion entrepreneur

25. “Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” 

– Stephen King,  author

26. “A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” 

– Colin Powell, Former United States Secretary of State

27. “All progress takes place outside the comfort zone.” 

– Michael John Bobak, Artist

28. “I want the peace in knowing that it wasn’t for lack of hustling that I missed a target for my dream. I want to know that the one thing in my control was under control.” 

– Jon Acuff, Author.

29. "Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

– Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer

30. “You gotta run more than your mouth to escape the treadmill of mediocrity. A true hustler jogs during the day, and sleep walks at night.” 

– Jarod Kintz, Author

31. “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The next best thing is the wrong thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.” 

– Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. President

32. “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” 

– David Brinkley,  newscaster

33.  “People with hustle also tend to be much more agile – they’re the water that goes around the rock. These are the people you want around when everything goes wrong. They’re also the people you want beside you when everything goes right.”

– Leah Busque, Entrepreneur

34. “I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of, ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” 

– Marissa Mayer, Former CEO of Yahoo

35. "Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand."

– Oprah Winfrey, talk show host

36. “Lift up the weak; inspire the ignorant. Rescue the failures; encourage the deprived! Live to give. Don’t only hustle for survival. Go, and settle for revival!” 

– Israelmore Ayivor, Author

37. “If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” 

–Jim Rohn, Entrepreneur

38. “I will tell you the secret to getting rich on Wall Street. You try to be greedy when others are fearful. And you try to be fearful when others are greedy.” 

– Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

39. “Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.” 

– Jim Rohn, Entrepreneur 

40. “Never depend on single income. Make investments to create a second source” 

– Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

41. “The trouble for most people is they don’t decide to get wealthy, they just dream about it.” 

– Michael Masters, Entrepreneur

42. “There are three things you must do in order to become wealthy. You must have the right mindset, discover your purpose in life, and find a business that expresses that purpose.” 

– Andy Fuehl, Author

43. “I’d rather hustle 24/7 than slave away 9-to-5.”  

– Fat Joe, Rapper 

44. “Mine’s a pretty simple strategy: there’s not a lot of talent here, but there’s a lot of hustle. I have to be in every place I can, and be busy.” 

– Ryan Seacrest, Media personality

45. “You see me I be work, work, work, work, work, work.” 

– Rihanna, Singer

46. “Put your heart, mind, intellect, and soul even to your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” 

– Swami Sivananda, Author

47. “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” 

-Thomas Edison,  inventor 

48. “It is time for us to stand and cheer for the doer, the achiever, the one who recognizes the challenge and does something about it.” 

– Vince Lombardi, Football coach

49. "The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus."

– Bruce Lee, martial artist

50. “If plan A fails, remember there are 25 more letters.” 

– Chris Guillebeau, author 

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