
“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”
Trivial and Profound (2013)
“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”
2013, Remarks on Economic Mobility (December 2013)
Context: It was Adam Smith, the father of free-market economics, who once said, “They who feed, clothe, and lodge the whole body of the people should have such a share of the produce of their own labor as to be themselves tolerably well fed, clothed, and lodged.” And for those of you who don’t speak old-English let me translate. It means if you work hard, you should make a decent living. If you work hard, you should be able to support a family.
“When you get hard work you get success, and we put a lot of years into it.”
Selena reflecting on how hard she and her colleagues worked to get success on their careers.
"Selena Live" Interview (1993)
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 2, Simplicity, p. 12.
“When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.”