Quotes About Effort

The one thing that's common to all successful people: They make a habit of doing things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period of time.

Success means doing something sincerely and wholeheartedly.

"If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying."

It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.

Sustained success is largely a matter of focusing regularly on the right things and making a lot of uncelebrated little improvements every day.

I don't know secret to success, but I'm pretty sure the closest thing is preparation

The success you are enjoying today is the result of the price you have paid in the past.

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.

At least 80 percent of the success of the football team is determined by the fight and spirit that they put into their play.

Success and failure are equally disastrous.

Making an effort is in your hands. Giving 100% is in your hands.

If you want to be successful, don't seek success - seek competence, empowerment; do nothing short of the best that you can do.

The secret to my success is practice!

Don't wait on perfect conditions for success to happen; just go ahead and do something!

It is a matter of spirit, not strength. It is a matter of doing your best each little moment. There's never a break. You must have desire, a very intense desire to keep going.

Greatness is not born from one success. Greatness is born from persevering through the countless failed attempts that preceded.

Success is usually earned by persevering and not becoming discouraged when we encounter challenges.

A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.

The price of success must be paid in full, in advance.

In life, as on the stage, it's not who I am but what I do that's the measure of my worth and the secret of my success. All the rest is showiness, arrogance and conceit.

The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying

Nothing is more endangered in the modern world than the powerful combination of hard work toward meaningful goals joined with an exuberant embrace of the present moment.