Quotes About Effort

Preparation may not guarantee a win, but it sure puts you in position for one.

IT'S THE JOB THAT IS NEVER STARTED THAT TAKES THE LONGEST TO FINISH.

Aquello que persistimos en hacer se vuelve más fácil de realizar, no porque la naturaleza de la tarea en sí haya cambiado, sino porque ha aumentado nuestro potencial para realizarla».

Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people are unwilling to do.

Wishing for things to change wouldn't make them change. Hoping for improvements wouldn't bring them.

You beat 50 percent of the people in America by working hard," says A. L. Williams. "You beat another 40 percent by being a person of honesty and integrity and standing for something. The last 10 percent is a dogfight in the free enterprise system.

Lazy people don't succeed.

Reward only finished work: It's good to praise effort, but you should never reward it. Give

The atmosphere is affirming: Industrialist Charles Schwab said, "I have yet to find the man . . . who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

Muy a menudo los empleados esperan ser evaluados en base al esfuerzo que están poniendo en el trabajo, en vez de lo que están logrando.

ARE YOU STRIVING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, OR HAVE YOU BEEN COASTING?

SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO DAILY WHAT UNSUCCESSFUL PEOPLE DO ONLY OCCASIONALLY.

What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Being simple is hard work.

Willa A. Foster commented, "Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.

Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger.

Just remember that if you're not working at your game to the utmost of your ability, there will be someone out there somewhere with equal ability. And one day you'll play each other, and he'll have the advantage.

Everything worthwhile is uphill.

Usted puede darse cuenta si está en la senda del éxito, pues todo el camino es cuesta arriba". —Paul Harvey

Siempre ganamos cuando nos esforzamos al máximo en hacer lo mejor que podemos". —John Wooden

George Halas said, "Nobody who ever gave their best ever regretted it." 3.

Making a difference isn't a matter of if; it's a matter of how and when.

While trying is filled with good intentions, doing is the result of intentional living.

Everyone starts out bad, regardless of what they're practicing for. We start so we can improve. We start before we're ready because we need and want to get better. The idea is to deliver our best each time we try until one day, we become good. And then one day, we may even have a chance to be great. That's growth. But we can't evolve if we don't start.