A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
The Hercules' was a monumental undertaking. It is the largest aircraft ever built... I put the sweat of my life into this thing.
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs.
The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.
I lead by example. My kids know what sweat is. They've seen me come home from so many runs and asked, 'What's on your skin? How did you get it?' And I tell them, 'It's from exercise!' So now my son will come home from a bike ride, take off his helmet and say, 'Look, Mom. I'm sweating! I just worked out!'
No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obama's story. But since the Inauguration, we've seen only the president's present: his perfect family, his Ivy League elegance, his effortless mastery of complex issues. We never see him sweat. And we forget that he ever had to struggle.
Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.
Most blacks will argue that they excel because of hard work, because of intellect, determination, sweat, blood, tears and risk.