Quotes About Effort

The truth is when I went to graduate school I would've said I was among the least talented of the students, I was certainly the least smart, or less educated. But I worked very hard.

"Trying" is the biggest mistake you can make early on in a relationship. It sets a false expectation that you will eventually tire of.

Work hard. I got tenure a year early. Junior faculty members used to say to me: 'Wow, what's your secret?' I said: 'It's pretty simple. Call me any Friday night in my office at 10 o'clock, and I'll tell you.'

"Though there is some distance between us, I appreciate every effort that you do for me."

If A equals success, then the formula is A = X + Y + Z. Where X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.?

Making food: 1 hour. Eating food: 20 seconds. Washing dishes: never ending.

I always give 100% at Work: 10% Monday, 23% Tuesday, 40% Wednesday, 22% Thursday, and 5% Friday.?

"If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything."

"Work hard, nap hard."

"We are all of us failures – at least, the best of us are."

"The secret of success in life is known only to those who have not succeeded."

"A gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep."

Greed is a bottomless bit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

To be happy, you must fancy that everything you have is a gift, and you the chosen, though you worked your tail off for every bit of it.

"If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time."

If you don't try, you will not succeed. This is true for of all things. Not succeeding is the result of not trying.

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.

The value of new knowledge is greater to the person who already knows a lot. The more effort you put in, the more you get back per unit of effort. Knowledge violates the law of diminishing returns.

Do your best and keep learning that's what I believe in.

"Failure is not the worst thing in the world. The very worst is not to try."

15. Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

9. However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

Nothing good comes cheaply so we shouldn't be surprised when we meet the hard while going for the best. Hard times are not quit times.