Quotes about Effort

Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.

Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.

I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. You've got to make a sincere attempt to have the right goals to begin with, then go after them with appropriate effort, and remember that you can't really achieve anything great without the help of others.

I have, by God's grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of God's mercy, which does not leave me to overcome my sin by my own effort, so I have something to say to the fellow-sufferer who does not know where to look for hope. And what I have to say depends utterly on my willingness not to let go of that awareness of myself that reminds me where I start each day—not as a finished saint but as a needy person still struggling to grow.

What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand!

You find out the strength of a wind by trying to walk against it, not by lying down.

I encourage you to be a person who is not afraid of responsibility. In meeting resistance you will build your strength. If you only do what is easy, you will always remain weak.

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.

Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.

Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you're going to perform, you've already lost. Train hard, turn up, run your best and the rest will take care of itself.