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> [“To succeed you must do the work. To do the work takes character. To keep doing it takes mental toughness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james-moore/to-succeed-you-must-do-the-work-to-do-the-work-takes-character-to/)

[William James Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james-moore/)

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## More by William James Moore

> [“To succeed you must do the work. To do the work takes character. To keep doing it takes mental toughness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james-moore/to-succeed-you-must-do-the-work-to-do-the-work-takes-character-to/)

[William James Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james-moore/)

> [“Lust of ease and comfort absolutely destroys mental toughness and begins to slowly erode ones character.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james-moore/lust-of-ease-and-comfort-absolutely-destroys-mental-toughness-and/)

[William James Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james-moore/)

> [“Never underestimate the capacity of people to choose the easy way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james-moore/never-underestimate-the-capacity-of-people-to-choose-the-easy-way/)

[William James Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james-moore/)

> [“When making the problem go away is more important than solving the problem leadership begins to fail. The easy way vs. The character way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james-moore/when-making-the-problem-go-away-is-more-important-than-solving-the/)

[William James Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james-moore/)

> [“I speak often of character and mental toughness because I know the ignorant will have their day when the average are weak.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james-moore/i-speak-often-of-character-and-mental-toughness-because-i-know-the/)

[William James Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james-moore/)

> [“You are going to get over it sooner or later so get over it now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james-moore/you-are-going-to-get-over-it-sooner-or-later-so-get-over-it-now/)

[William James Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james-moore/)

> [“The measure of your character and mental toughness is the space between what you are doing and what you could be doing”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james-moore/the-measure-of-your-character-and-mental-toughness-is-the-space/)

[William James Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james-moore/)

> [“Does everything happen for a reason or do we reason things that happen?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james-moore/does-everything-happen-for-a-reason-or-do-we-reason-things-that-happen/)

[William James Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james-moore/)

> [“Put character and mental toughness before execution and you will get consistent execution.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james-moore/put-character-and-mental-toughness-before-execution-and-you-will-get/)

[William James Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james-moore/)

> [“It matters not how one finds character & mental toughness (school, sports, work, family, faith etc.) what matters is that we find it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james-moore/it-matters-not-how-one-finds-character-mental-toughness-school-sports/)

[William James Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james-moore/)

> [“Instincts are things that you know but can not, as of yet, articulate”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james-moore/instincts-are-things-that-you-know-but-can-not-as-of-yet-articulate/)

[William James Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james-moore/)

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