“It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes.”

— Flannery O’Connor, book Wise Blood

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American novelist, short story writer 1925–1964

Richard Marcinko book Rogue Warrior

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“The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. ”

Норман Шварцкопф (1895–1958) United States Army general and first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police

“Poetry? It's a hobby.
I run model trains.
Mr Shaw there breeds pigeons.
It's not work. You don't sweat.
Nobody pays for it.
You could advertise soap.”

Basil Bunting (1900–1985) Poet

What The Chairman Told Tom, from Odes II:6 (1965)

“A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.”

Jack London (1876–1916) American author, journalist, and social activist

"Getting into Print", first published in 1903 in The Editor magazine
Context: Fiction pays best of all and when it is of fair quality is more easily sold. A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration. Avoid the unhappy ending, the harsh, the brutal, the tragic, the horrible - if you care to see in print things you write. (In this connection don't do as I do, but do as I say.) Humour is the hardest to write, easiest to sell, and best rewarded... Don't write too much. Concentrate your sweat on one story, rather than dissipate it over a dozen. Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don't get it you will nonetheless get something that looks remarkably like it.

“I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.”

Indra Nooyi (1955) Indian-born, naturalized American, business executive

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“Mr. President, you are not leading this Nation—you're just managing the Government. You don't see the people enough any more. Some of your Cabinet members don't seem loyal. There is not enough discipline among your disciples. Don't talk to us about politics or the mechanics of government, but about an understanding of our common good. Mr. President, we're in trouble. Talk to us about blood and sweat and tears. If you lead, Mr. President, we will follow.”

Bill Clinton (1946) 42nd President of the United States

As quoted by President Jimmy Carter during his Malaise Speech, delivered on 15 July 1979 http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/whistlestop/2015/07/when_ted_kennedy_challenged_incumbent_president_jimmy_carter_for_the_democratic.html. <br class="br">1970s

“Audrey: I was wet.
Michael: Sweat.
Audrey: I don't sweat.
Michael: Well, ladylike perspiration, then.”

L.J. Smith The Forbidden Game

Source: The Forbidden Game