Quotes About Effort

You, yourself, must make the effort. The buddhas are only teachers.

That man is blest who does his best and leaves the rest; do not worry.

So much to do; so little done.

The struggle to the top is in itself enough to fulfill the human heart. Sisyphus should be regarded as happy.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

The riders in a race do not stop short when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voice of friends and to say to one's self: "The work is done."

Let's talk sense to the American people. Let's tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains.

To be ambitious for wealth, and yet always expecting to be poor, to be always doubting your ability to get what you long for, is like trying to reach east by traveling west. ... No matter how hard you work for success, if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavors and make success impossible.

There is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

He that climbs a ladder must begin at the first round.

Ordinary people know little of the time and effort it takes to learn to read. I have been eighty years at it, and have not reached my goal.

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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.

Civilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort.

We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. But the tremendous effort needed- one doesn't always want to make it-does one? ... But what else can be done? What's the alternative? What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties.

Nothing's far when one wants to get there.

Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.

You can be an ordinary athlete by getting away with less than your best. But if you want to be a great, you have to give it all you've got-your everything.

The only place you can win a football game is on the field. The only place you can lose it is in your heart.

To be able to concentrate for a considerable time is essential to difficult achievement.

No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus, you must not be thinking about yourself and, equally, you must not be thinking about your neighbor: you must be living in your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing.

The real essence of work is concentrated energy.