Malcolm Gladwell Hard Work Quotations

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.

The people who stand before kings may look like they did it all by themselves. But in fact they are invariably the beneficiaries of hidden advantages and extraordinary opportunities and cultural legacies that allow them to learn and work hard and make sense of the world in ways others cannot. It makes a difference where and when we grew up.

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard.

What is learned out of hard work and trial is inevitably more powerful than what is learned easily.

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig. (150)

...If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires. (151)

I think that persistence and stubbornness and hard work are probably, at the end of the day, more important than the willingness to take a risk.