Quotes about Effort

In some respects, progressing through life is like running a marathon.

Rather than missing the medal, the overall message from across the Indian contingent was my effort proved that we can win an Olympic medal.

God helps him who strives hard.

Nothing any good isn't hard.

This is a valley of ashes - a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the form of houses and chimneys and riding smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.

If you want to be prominent, get out and try for something.

I feel like I fell short in Rio.

As a 9th grader, I competed with the high school kids and out of 600 people, I finished 10th.

The fact is that, except for those very few whose wealth is overwhelmingly or entirely inherited, the more affluent have usually worked harder than the less affluent.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they're not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can 'cause I know I'm gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

I just go out and play my best tennis.

If there will be a serious Palestinian prime minister who makes a 100 percent effort to end terrorism, then we can have peace. Each side has to take steps. If terror continues, there will not be an independent Palestinian state. Israel will not accept it, if terror continues.