Quotes About Effort

In order to excel, you must be completely dedicated to your chosen sport. You must also be prepared to work hard and be willing to accept constructive criticism. Without one-hundred percent dedication, you won't be able to do this.

God help those who do not help themselves.

Sus pretensiones, pues, son infundadas, porque el esfuerzo realizado no nos hace más competentes, sino menos; la ejecución, en términos generales, será deficiente, propensa al error y requerirá más tiempo del que hubieran exigido las tareas por separado.

Cada puesta en marcha requiere un esfuerzo, pues tienes que volver a revisar tu memoria. La multitarea tiene un precio, y a

They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.

The heights of great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upwards in the night.

Try not to screw up. This will satisfy a few people, and amaze everybody else.

It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.

No let another man success make you think say you know they try...

What a difference there is between human virtues as the product of human effort and Christian virtues as the product of the divine life and nature within us!

It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied.

Kung Fu, like any art, is a practical affair, not just a question of gathering knowledge. In other words, one becomes proficient through hard, regular practice, not by reading about it.

than all the sandbags and dumb-bells put together.

Don't forget to swing hard, in case you hit the ball.

I have found one can never get anything in life that is worth while without fighting for it.

If you're born with a gift, to behave like it's an achievement is not right.

Showing up is 80 percent of life.

Seventy percent of success in life is showing up.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

The person who desires to leave things better than he found them, who does more than his share, who is not attached to rewards, who is always seeking to benefit others, who knows he is cared for and rewarded by the Universe for his every effort, is able to act selflessly, without expectation of a reward or a return, without thought of advantage, and of him it is said, "He is better than the best," and, of course, he is greatly rewarded.

Any time you see someone more successful than you are ... they are doing something you aren't.

The gods give nothing really good and beautiful without labor.