Quotes About Effort

Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it.

There is no shortcut to perfection. All it takes is hard work, and more hard work.

Put your head down and work hard. Never wait for things to happen, make them happen for yourself through hard graft and not giving up.

Nothing worthwhile is ever achieved without deep thought and hard work.

Thinking is hard work; that's why so few do it.

There is no such thing as a natural boxer. A natural dancer has to practice hard. A natural painter has to paint all the time. Even a natural fool has to work at it.

A lot of guys have better genes but if you work hard and consistently, you can outperform them.

Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Of course, if you have thought up to now that an actor relies merely on inspiration you will have to change your mind. Talent without work is nothing more than raw unfinished material.

I don't believe in magic. I believe in hard work.

The harder you work and the more prepared you are for something, you're going to be able to persevere through anything.

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

He who does not work, will not eat

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. ... Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

We focus on money, getting money and winning. We let the rest of them chase the women. We focus on winning cuz getting women is slight work. That's all the time with us.

When I hear people boo, that just makes me want to go out there and work harder.

A smart man can't beat a hardworking man and a hard working man can't beat a happy working man.

Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done.

One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.