Quotes About Effort

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

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

Don't complain; just work harder.

If you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out... Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won't make us happier.

If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.

No job should, be beneath us. And if you can't(or won't) sort mail, Where is the proof that you can do anything?

People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.

The great thing about working out at a gym is that if you put in effort, you get very obvious results. The same should be true of college. A professor's job is to teach students how to see their minds growing in the same way they can see their muscles grow when they look in a mirror.

self-steam ? He knew there was really one way to teach kids how to develop it : You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they can do it, and you keep repeating the process.

It doesn't matter how well you polish the underside of the banister." You

T OO MANY people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out.

El trabajo duro es como el interés compuesto de los bancos. La recompensa se acumula más rápido.

Tenacity is a virtue, but it's not always crucial for everyone to observe how hard you work at something.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." The Last Lecture

But he made me realize that if I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.

The same is true in your life outside of your job. All my adult life I've felt drawn to ask long-married couples how they were able to stay together. All of them said the same thing: "We worked hard at it.

Hard work is like compounded interest in the bank. The rewards build faster.

T OO MANY people go through life complaining about their problems. I've always believed that if you took one-tenth the energy you put into complaining and applied it to solving the problem, you'd be surprised by how well things can work out. I

Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals. And it won't make us happier.

I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough.

O trabalho foi aquilo que o homem achou de melhor para nada fazer da sua vida.

The harder you run after time, the faster time goes: this is the law of the consumable.

Great people are those who make great effort to achieve innovative ideas against great opposition and great forces, and succeed in the shaping of history.

Life offers very few short cuts. The rest is hard work.