“Friendship is not a gift, but is the result of hard work.”

“Nothing ever comes to me, that is worth having, except as the result of hard work.”

Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American educator, author, orator, and advisor

“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.”

Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978) Vice-President of the USA under Lyndon B. Johnson

“If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.”

George Monbiot (1963) English writer and political activist

“The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people’s creativity. People don’t go to Toyota to ‘work’ they go there to ‘think’.”

Taiichi Ohno (1912–1990) Japanese businessman and engineer

“Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, "Lo! how small
Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship's gifts are priceless all."”

Theocritus ancient greek poet

“When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.”

Maria Shriver (1955) journalist and author from the United States

“No woman who builds a career on hard work and talent will ever compliment a much younger one who uses the shallow gift of her looks.”

Lindsey Davis book The Third Nero

“Love is no game! It is no flowery softness! It is hard work- It demands everything from you- especially the truth. Only then does it yield results.”

Rick Riordan book The House of Hades

“There are no secrets to success: don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty to those for whom you work, and persistence.”

Colin Powell (1937) Former U.S. Secretary of State and retired four-star general