Quotes About Effort

We must all be fighters and strugglers, Lewie, and it is better to wear out than to rust out. It is bad to let choice things become easily familiar; for, you know, familiarity is apt to beget a proverbial offspring. The

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decir que esta colina deja sin aliento. No es sorprendente que quien ama la comodidad más que a su propia alma decida seguir un camino más llano".

The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the righteous is made plain. –

Gunning for average is your best shot at finishing above average.

Dreams don't work unless you do

Thinking is hard work; that's why so few do it.

Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people are unwilling to do. —JOHN C. MAXWELL

Nobody achieves anything great by giving the minimum. No teams win championships without making sacrifices and giving their best.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in business. You've got to keep working that talent.

I got to the top the hard way—fighting my own laziness and ignorance every step of the way.

The road to the next level is always uphill, and if a team isn't intentionally fighting to move up, then it inevitably slides down.

He who seeks one thing, and but one, May hope to achieve it before life is done. But he who seeks all things wherever he goes Must reap around him in whatever he sows A harvest of barren regret.

My friend Nancy Dornan says, "The longest distance between two points is a shortcut." That's really true. For everything of value in life, you pay a price. As you desire to grow in a particular area, figure out what it will really take, including the price, and then determine to pay it.

Every time we choose action over ease we develop an increasing level of self-worth, self-respect, and self-confidence.

Should I have that extravagant dessert or call it quits for the night?" "Should I put in the extra effort here or just get by with the minimum amount required?

Champions don't become champions in the ring—they are merely recognized there.

But I've come to realize that failure is a process. If you flunk a test, it doesn't mean you failed a one-time event. The F shows that you neglected the process leading up to the test.

Napoleon Hill said, "It's not what you are going to do, but it's what you are doing right now that counts.

Nobody wanders his or her way to a dream, and nobody achieves a dream by accident. Don't shortcut the process and risk cheating yourself out of your dream!

A los hombres se les desarrolla de la misma manera en que se explota una mina de oro. Hay que remover toneladas de tierra para obtener una onza de oro. Aunque usted no entra en la mina en busca de la tierra», añadió

Value people. Praise effort. Reward performance.

Consider this skeletal anatomy of an organization: • The wishbones wish somebody else would do the work. • The jawbones talk a lot but do little else. • The knucklebones knock what everyone else does. • The backbones actually do the work! Encourage

People say there are two great days in a person's life: the day you were born and the day you discover why. I want to encourage you to seek what you were put on this earth to do. Then pursue it with all your effort.