Quotes About Effort

What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat.

There is no easy path leading out of life, and few easy ones that lie within it.

Decor sets the stage for any party, and it also gives a great indication to your guests as to how much effort you've put into hosting them within your home.

You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.

Talent is nothing without dedication and discipline, and dedication and discipline is a talent in itself.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

Quality without results is pointless. Results without quality is boring.

Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your life. It's okay to lose, to die, but don't die without trying, without giving it your best.

Talent without effort is wasted talent. And while effort is the one thing you can control in your life, applying that effort intelligently is next on the list.

Effort without talent is a depressing situation... but talent without effort is a tragedy.

Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.

There is no success without hardship.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.

I have never witnessed a concerted effort by any news organization to take a stand one way or the other on a political issue, to damage one particular party or help another.

People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate.

I just wanted to make good music that people related to me and said 'Yo that guy makes good music. When he gives us an effort, it's good music behind it. It's great lyrics, it's witty punchlines, it's great metaphors.'

Some BuzzFeed articles are written by smart people who use complete sentences. Some of the disposable lists are witty and appear to have taken some effort to put together.

If I looked good in 'Wolf of Wall Street,' I cannot take full credit; it was because of the hair extensions and makeup.

I think Wolves are getting the best out of me, and I'm giving Wolves my best football, but they are giving the best to me too.

Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.

Temperance is essential, if the services of men and women are to be employed to the best and most useful effect according, to the physical capacity and ability of each. Nothing less will assure a total effort.