Quotes about Effort And Achievement
A beautiful life does not just happen; it is built.
— TB Joshua
If you're a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don't understand talent any more than we understand electricity.
— Maya Angelou
Personal greatness is not determined by the size of the job, but by the size of the effort one puts into the job. This applies to everyone on the team.
— John Wooden
Perfection is what you are striving for, but perfection is an impossibility. However, striving for perfection is not an impossibility. Do the best you can under the conditions that exist. That is what counts.
— John Wooden
Nothing worthwhile is gained without sacrifice.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Try your hardest in all ways and you are a success.
— John Wooden
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."
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
To my way of thinking, when you give your total effort—everything you have—the score can never make you a loser. And when you do less, it can't somehow magically turn you into a winner.
— John Wooden
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
— Theodore Roosevelt
You can't have a million dollar dream with a minimum wage work ethic.
— Zig Ziglar
Success is not something you get out of what you do.
— Wayne Dyer
The Unrealistic Expectation Trap For some reason, many people think everything in life should be easy, and when they find out that achievement takes effort, they give up. But success takes hard work.
— John Maxwell