"Too often, people forget the basic fact..." - Quote by Ronald Reagan
Too often, people forget the basic fact of life: all those good things we enjoy come from the ache in [our] backs and the willingness to shoulder great personals risks.
More by Ronald Reagan
“Each generation goes further than the generation preceding it because it stands on the shoulders of that generation. You will have opportunities beyond anything we've ever known.”
“It's difficult to believe that people are still starving in this country because food isn't available.”
“As long as there are guns, the individual that wants a gun for a crime is going to have one and going to get it.”
More on Work Ethic
“Some people feel that the world owes them a living.”
“Render more service than you are paid for and eventually you will be paid more for less services rendered.”
“I do not speak to those who are well employed, in whatever circumstances, and they know whether they are well employed or not; but mainly to the mass of men who are discontented, and idly complaining of the hardness of their lot or of the times, when they might improve them.”
More on Hard Work
“Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.”
“There is no harm in dreaming of becoming the world's best player. It is all about trying to be the best. I will keep working hard to achieve it but it is within my capabilities.”
“I'm always trying to be the best, on and off the pitch, is also very important. I've always taken things very seriously, since I was very young, and that's reflected in my career. Always being nominated, winning trophies for the club or individual awards, that's the culmination of many years of dedication, hard work and professionalism and that makes me very happy.”