Hard Work and Working Hard

This morning I am thinking about the ability of working hard. And hard work. And the courage it takes to do both. 

Some others have thought about it as well.

Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.
— Helen Hanson
I’m a greater believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
— Thomas Jefferson
Sometimes there’s not a better way. Sometimes there’s only the hard way.
— Mary E. Pearson
The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
— Thomas A. Edison
You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
— Author Unknown

Now it's time to get to hard work and to working hard.