Quotes About Effort

The universe will throw somebody a bone every now and then, and you win the lottery. But for the most part, you get in this life what you put in.

Life is enriched by aspiration and effort, rather than by acquisition and accumulation.

All things are literally better, lovelier, and more beloved for the imperfections which have been divinely appointed, that the law of human life may be effort, and the law of human judgment, mercy.

Much of the work of every life is done in the dark.

I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.

Life's short, you know? Especially as an athlete. Your career is very short, and you use the opportunities that you have because you're not going to have them again.

What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which are but shadows and dreams, and mere nothings!

Shun idleness. It is rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got

The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do.

We get to make a living; we give to make a life.

The surest sign that you're working with the life-affirming kind of discipline, rather than the spirit-depressing kind, is that you don't complain very much about doing what it takes.

Genius is mainly an affair of energy.

In all of my life, when I was playing sports, I always put 100 percent. I have always given the best.

In rowing as in life, there are competitors and there are racers. The competitor works hard and rows to his limit. The racer does not think of limits, only the race.

Life responds to deserve and not to need. It doesn't say,"If you need,you will reap." It says,"If you plant you will reap."The guys says,"I really need to reap."Then you really need to plant.

If you put your mind to something, if you give 100 percent, if you sacrifice, and if you dedicate yourself, anything is truly possible.

The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.

There's no end to the absurd things people will do trying to make life mean something.

The only people who think life should be easy are lazy people

When you become successful in any type of life, there are people who are not contributing to the motion.

I believe one of the most important priorities is to do whatever we do as well as we can.

You don't need an introduction to succeed in life. You need to have good work. Work hard. Believe in yourself

That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it.