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Quotes About Effort

Half of us is easy, the other half is hard. Even though we do our best, we end up being scarred.
~ Steve Winwood
It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win.
~ Phil Ochs
No man has done everything he can who has done only his best.
~ Thomas Jefferson
I do not belive that Washington should do for the people wha they can do for themselves through local and private effort.
~ John F. Kennedy
Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you'll still 'beat the pack.
~ Gerald R. Ford
All things are difficult before they are easy.
~ Thomas Fuller
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
~ Thomas A. Edison
You will never possess what you are unwilling to pursue.
~ Mike Murdock
Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.
~ Ernest Shackleton
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking.
~ William Butler Yeats
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
~ Wayne Gretzky
Life leaps like a geyser for those willing to drill through the rock of inertia.
~ Alexis Carrel
I literally wake up and try to tackle every day the best I can and do my best to try to make life as productive and positive as I can.
~ John Cena
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.
~ Peter Marshall
You don't have to get it perfect, you just have to get it going. Babies don't walk the first time they try, but eventually they get it right
~ Jack Canfield
There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.
~ Roger Staubach
Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.
~ Hamilton Holt
Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day.
~ George Allen, Sr.
Ask yourself: 'Can I give more?'. The answer is usually: 'Yes'.
~ Paul Tergat
To me, it doesn't matter how good you are. Sport is all about playing and competing. Whatever you do in cricket and in sport, enjoy it, be positive and try to win.
~ Ian Botham
That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.
~ Linus Torvalds
Whatever you do, do with all your might.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
I will keep smiling, be positive and never give up! I will give 100 percent each time I play. These are always my goals and my attitude.
~ Yani Tseng