Quotes About Effort

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. From Head Over Heels, by Jill Shalvis

Sure, good things come to those who wait. —but they're the leftovers from those who. got there first.

He was a smart enough guy to get that she was the one for him. He was also smart enough to know that he was going to have to work his ass off for it.

If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried." Chloe Traeger

Sometimes success is just getting the laundry into the dryer before the mildew sets in

Sure, good things come to those who wait—but they're the leftovers from those who got there first." Chloe Traeger

sometimes we try so hard to protect those we care about, we end up hurting them. But that doesn't make that love any less real.

No rest for the wicked, Bob, and that means that we can't slack off either, or they'll outwork us.

The impossible we do immediately. The unimaginable takes a little while.

You don't have to run faster than the bear to get away. You just have to run faster than the guy next to you.

Nice try?" Butters said. "Mister, where I come from, there is no try.

The reward for work well-done is more work.

I had about as much chance to do that as I did of backpacking my car to the top of Mount Rushmore.

It was always easier to demolish something than to create it.

You now have more work. Cease your whining, desist from your dalliances, and do your duty.

The reward for work well-done is more work. "Ain't that the truth," I muttered. I stuffed the book back in my pocket and hit the road again.

All right, so. The entire day wasn't a living hell. But, as it turned out, hell got up awfully early in the morning.

On either side of the double doors, someone had gone to a lot of trouble to plant and care for a half-dozen rosebushes. Someone else had gone to a lot of trouble to tear them to shreds.

You'll never value information that comes to you easily.

working for

Marriage is a team effort. Grow closer to each other as you grow closer to God.

Every major accomplishment in a man's life requires a major level of commitment.

God is asking you to take care of this special place. He says: If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks (Ecclesiastes 10:18).

We can also learn to develop a new capacity for seeing the nervous water of an emotional process (a coach or a guide like Kenny is helpful). It requires some new categories for thinking; it means practicing some new disciplines and skills. It entails change in how we relate to others, and it demands time and patience. But leadership in the kingdom of God is worth the effort.