Everyone is looking for the hack, the secret to success without hard work.

There's no escalators - there's only staircases to success. There is no substitute for hard work.

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

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.

It was from them that I learned that hard work in stable surroundings could yield rewards, even if only in infinitesimally small increments.