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Quotes About Effort

A man who does nothing never has time to do anything
~ Charles Spurgeon
I had to spend countless hours, above and beyond the basic time, to try and perfect the fundamentals.
~ Julius Erving
All great acheivements require time.
~ Maya Angelou
The true but rare runner's high is a zone that we enter when everything seems to click perfectly, when time stands still, and when we can run almost without effort.
~ Amby Burfoot
I climbed like a billion stairs... its not like I can take them two at a time.
~ Danny DeVito
I explain the law of compensation like this: 'Returns are minimal in spite of massive effort at the start, yet returns can be massive with minimal effort over time'.
~ Robert Kiyosaki
Do your best, one shot at a time, and then move on.
~ Nancy Lopez
Writing is hard, even for authors who do it all the time.
~ Roger Angell
Blocking out is everyday, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not blockout.
~ Rick Majerus
When you think of me as a football player, I would like for people to think that I put it on the line every time. Good or bad, win or lose, I put it on the line.
~ Joe Greene
I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.
~ Bjork
Do your best every time because by doing a thing well you build something valuable into yourself
~ Henry Ford
It takes deliberate and continuous effort to carve out time in our overfull schedules to listen to the voice of God.
~ Sheila Walsh
I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event.
~ Iris Apfel
Nobody gets lucky all the time. Nobody can win all the time. Nobody's a robot. Nobody's perfect.
~ Johnny Weir
You have to give 110% all the time. 100% isn't good enough anymore.
~ Aly Raisman
It was kind of unexpected, to wake up one day and realize that the things that you've worked so hard to accomplish, you've accomplished in so little an amount of time.
~ Colton Haynes
As a collegiate, I think you spend 50 percent of your time recruiting. It is a distasteful process.
~ Marv Levy
I always say if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results.
~ Bill Rodgers
I knew I could control one thing, and that is my time and my hours and my effort and my efficiency.
~ Ryan Seacrest
The Savior's gift of grace to us is not necessarily limited in time to 'after' all we can do. We may receive his grace before, during and after the time when we expend our own efforts
~ Bruce C. Hafen
If you put in the time, you'll see the rewards.
~ Julian Edelman
I can't force the direction that it's going to go without actually taking the time to make sure it's a great, great quality product. Whether that's for apparel, or whatever the case may be.
~ Pusha T
Looking and not finding is certainly one of the most frustrating ways to spend time.
~ Andy Rooney