Quotes About Effort

Remember the proverb of Solomon: "He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

People have got to do as Cromwell said: "not only trust in Providence, but keep the powder dry." Do your part of the work, or you cannot succeed. Mahomet, one night, while encamping in the desert, overheard one of his fatigued followers remark: "I will loose my camel, and trust it to God!" "No, no, not so," said the prophet, "tie thy camel, and trust it to God!" Do all you can for yourselves, and then trust to Providence

Give a boy twenty thousand dollars and put him in business, and the chances are that he will lose every dollar of it before he is a year older. Like buying a ticket in the lottery; and drawing a prize, it is "easy come, easy go." He does not know the value of it; nothing is worth anything, unless it costs effort. Without self-denial and economy; patience and perseverance, and commencing with capital which you have not earned, you are not sure to succeed in accumulating.

You must work--- we must all work To make the world worthy of its children.

Don't be vain because you happen to have talent. You are not responsible for that; it was not of your doing. What you do with your talent is what matters.

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

Hagamos pues el último esfuerzo, unámonos como hijos de una sola familia y desaparecerán esos gobernadores".

Can you imagine doing something in your life that will be fully satisfying and redeeming for your having tried to do it, whether you succeeded in it or failed, and that, correspondingly, would be fully shameful had you not tried to do it?

Your numerous worldly pursuits that are not causes for liberation or omniscient enlightenment will, in addition to being futile, only cause further sarnsaric misery. So it is essential to exert yourself, heart and soul and in thought, word, and deed, in accomplishing the unexcelled enlightenment!

Strive after the Good before thou art in danger, before pain masters thee and thy mind loses its keeness

The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrifice, and with extreme effort.

Because when people look back on the history of this time, at what happened, they should see that we tried to do something,

Because when people look back on the history of this time, at what happened, they should see that we tried to do something," he said with determination

Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror.

Quem, nada pode fazer, nada compreende. Quem nada compreende, nada vale.

Long into my career I harbored a secret sense that thinking and reading and writing, as much as I loved them, did not qualify as "real work.

What I do is not some magical, mystical thing. I simply get up in the morning, get to work on time, say my lines, and do the best I can.

the value of hard work is important, for which nothing comes free.

The best engineer in the world can't build a 10-story sandcastle.

Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.

Shouda, coulda, and woulda won't get it done.

When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion.

You can't wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.

I'm going to outwork you. Simple as that.