Quotes about Effort

Those who strive are often watched by others who will take advantage of their defeat to benefit themselves.

A winner is someone who can look in the mirror at the end of the day and say in pursuit of my goal and dreams I gave my best.

Those sentimental radio hits, with their artificial naivete and empty crudities, are the pitiful remains and the maximum that people will tolerate by way of mental effort; it's a ghastly desolation and impoverishmment. By contrast, we can be very glad when something affects us deeply, and regard the accompanying pains as an enrichment.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up the rain.

But I had to work ten times as hard to get half the attention.

Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.

You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.

Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might.

Life is worthwhile if you try. It doesn't mean you can do everything but there are a lot of things you can do, if you just try.

They which run in a race run all, but one receives the crown. " But of us on the other hand it is said: " So run that you may obtain. " [ 1 Corinthians 9: 24 ] Our master of the games is not grudging; he does not give the palm to one and disgrace another. His wish is that all his athletes may alike win garlands.

The pursuit of holiness requires sustained and vigorous effort. It allows for no indolence, no lethargy, no halfhearted commitment, and no laissez faire attitude toward even the smallest sins. In short, it demands the highest priority in the life of a Christian, because to be holy is to be like Christ — God's goal for every Christian.

Holiness requires continual effort on our part and continual nourishing and strengthening by the Spirit.