Parents who realize just how little difference hard work makes will work less hard.
But we also need to have the incentives for people to go to work, to work hard, and to achieve.
Sure, many rich people work hard, but a lot of lower-income people work really hard too, often in multiple jobs.
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"Work hard, play hard" may not work for everybody, but there is certainly a group for whom it does work.
He asked his players if they wanted to work hard enough to beat their teammates in a drill, or if they wanted to work hard enough to be the best team in the country.
It's hard work, really hard work, often requiring tremendous resources (lactation consultants, machines that make you feel like a dairy cow, shields and all sorts of bizarre contraptions) that can take weeks, even months, to get right.
"We will break down the barriers to work and ensure work pays but in return, we have the right to insist that when work is available you take that work and work hard to keep that job, " he told delegates.
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And I just want to work as hard as I can over these next 39 days to earn the privilege of being able to spend the next four years, every single day, thinking about how I can make life a little bit better for people who work hard in this country.
That basic idea that if you work hard, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like, no matter what the circumstances of your birth, if you work hard you can do well enough to raise a family and own a home, send your own kids to college, put a little bit away for retirement.
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"I intend to work as hard as I can and to represent the people of New York to the best of my ability, to work hard to serve my constituents, to work with my colleagues wherever and whenever I can on behalf of our country -- so I am absolutely hoping to build relationships and create consensus with every senator, " she added.
Corporate technology executives aren't just obsessed with work--they work hard to balance personal lives with their demanding schedules.
And with hard work -- with hard work, strong faith, and a little courage, great things are always within our reach.
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There is--as you know from your own experience in helping young people with work, there tends to be some sense of responsibility to follow through, that they get to work on time, that they work hard, and that they succeed.
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The hard work of these American athletes illustrates that our country fundamentally remains a land that welcomes those seeking opportunity and willing to work hard.
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And then, once they start work, their students pay attention and work hard (when I asked Finns whether there were some families who despised education and resented schools, they seemed puzzled by the question).
Hot tech companies are filled with smart, young people like Mason who work hard and play hard.
Work less hard, work more smart: hang around for a little bit longer.
But we also have to make sure that America remains a place where everyone who's willing to work - everybody who's willing to work hard - has the chance to get ahead.
It's also a line of work that's very demanding, and they work hard.
They work really hard, they work for each other, they have a mentality that has been here for years and years.
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But it will most likely grow, because of the values in its statement: team work, training, hard work, quality control, the importance of client value, candor, selflessness, raising standards and helping others.
It's the basic idea that says here in this country, if you work hard, that work should be rewarded. (Applause.) If you act responsibly, you should be able to get ahead.
You know, we were kids much like you who figured out one day that our fate was in our own hands, you know, and we made decisions to listen to our parents and to work hard and to work even harder when somebody doubted us.
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If success in school is a function of intelligence and hard work, and less intelligent students have to work harder to achieve the same grades as their more intelligent counterparts, only hard work seems to matter in predicting career success.
We couldn't afford to tell those kids on the West Side or the South Side, if you work hard, if you study hard, if you're hitting the books, that you're going to be able to afford to go to college.
Hard work may be a virtue and digging ditches by hand is certainly hard work.
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