"It serves me right for wishing on stars. The ONLY way to get what you want in this world is through hard work."
— Tiana, The Princess and the Frog
"Yes, you wish and you dream with all your little heart. But you remember, Tiana, that old star can only take you part of the way. You got to help him with some hard work of your own."
— James, The Princess and the Frog
"There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me — because they want to give something back. They know they didn't — look, if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. You didn't get there on your own. I'm always struck by people who think, 'Well, it must be because I was just so smart.' There are a lot of smart people out there. 'It must be because I worked harder than everybody else.' Let me tell you something — there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there."
"If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire."
— George Monbiot
"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'"
— Don Marquis
