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Hard Work is to use great effort in getting something done.

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Whoopi Goldberg was born in New York City in 1955, as Caryn Johnson. She spent the first years of her life in a public housing project in Manhattan. Over the course of a turbulent early life, she s...

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Heroes

Hard Work Hero: Colin

Colin Powell grew up in the Bronx. He ended up going to college where he found his true calling in the the U.S. Army. In time, he became the first Black man to become Staff Chief of Joints and Secretary of State. Nobody in his family thought he wo... Read more

Hard Work Hero: Frederick

Frederick is my father. At age 16 he lied about his age to join the Navy after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He was the engineer on the PBM amphibian plane. After the war he came home and he did what he could to get a job. With a standard of honest... Read more

Hard Work Hero: Ajarn Donald

Our hero is Ajarn Donald (Ajarn is teacher in Thai and full name is Mr. Donald Patnaude). I said "our" hero because I am speaking on behalf of the more than 5,000 students aged 3-60 years old whom he has taught English to as an ESL (English as a s... Read more

Hard Work Hero: Sandi

My hero is my grandmother, Sandi. She and my grandfather have owned their own bookstore for about 15 years and have never once given up on it. It is hard for her because she has to work every single day, except for Sundays because she goes to chur... Read more

Hard Work Hero: Micha

I would like to nominate Micha because he is one of the most hard working, nicest people I know, and he has the worst luck of all time. He doesn't have a lot of money, but anytime a friend, or even a stranger is in need, he is there to help. He wo... Read more
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Personal Stories

Try Your Best

One day in school, I didn't do my best because I knew I could do better and my teacher knew it too. She told me I could do much better. The next day I tried a lot harder and it turned out to be great. The feeling of working hard and doing your bes... Read more

Piece of Bluegrass

For many years, my life revolved around horses. They were my hobby as much as my way of paying the bills. Living in the city, I didn't get to live on a horse farm. My parents didn't have a lot of money. When I turned 9 years old my father surp... Read more

Dads Home...Finally

My father took on his fathers (my grandfathers) drapery business in the year 2004. I was born and raised in Texas for the first 5 years of my life and still visit often. My father is such an inspirational figure in my life and I appreciate him so ... Read more

Boppa

My mother's father (not "Grandpa," but "Boppa")is turning 81 in a month. He's been a farmer his entire life, and thinks nothing of lifting bales, laying irrigation pipe, or rolling under a machine to fix it. Rain or shine, he gets up early, has br... Read more

My life was changed, now I have a new trail to blaze.

It started in 8th grade, I used to be the epitome of what people think of when they imagine the stereotypical teenager- bratty, selfish, 'want want want,' 'me me me,' 'whine whine whine'- that was me. I was concerned for me and me only. I was just... Read more
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HARD WORK

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I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
Pearl S. Buck Writer, Nobel And Pulitzer Prize Winner (1892-1973);
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Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
James M. Barrie Novelist, Dramatist (1860-1937);
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Confidence is the result of hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.
Roger Staubach Athlete (born 1942);
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An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
Lao Tzu Philosopher (600-531);
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Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore Roosevelt 26th U.S. President (1858-1919);
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HARD WORK

TV Commercial
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The Wall

"The Wall" was a challenging spot in terms of art direction, as the team had to portray months of time in 60 seconds. The spot was shot in the middle of the summer but needed to depict day, night, ... Read More

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raymond 3 days ago from danvill va
hard work
Bruce Willingham 3 months ago from Warner Robins, Ga
Hard work is to give your all plus some.
Anderson over 1 year ago from Colatina, ES - Brasil
Como o trabalho difícil é bom quando termina, podemos olhar para trás e ver que de algum jeito valeu a pena. As the hard work is good when it ends, we can look back and see that somehow worth it.
Doug over 1 year ago from Vegas
B+ = be positive, makes hard work and life more fulfilling and easier!
L Smith about 2 years ago from California
"Nothing worth having was ever achieved without hard work" - Roosevelt
Sean A Burrell about 2 years ago from Plano Tx
It takes courage to work hard
Adam David Childress about 2 years ago from Ripley,TN
Work hard at what you want to do
dylan r over 2 years ago from kemp TX
hard work pays off
Dr. Michael S., Ph.D., MSEE, MS almost 3 years ago from Hackensack, NJ
Hard work, while often a prerequisite for success, does not always guarantee the same.
Kathryn V about 3 years ago from Mingo IA
When you work hard, you can perservere and you can do anything you want.