Quotes about Effort
A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties; he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres and infallibly prevails at last.
- William James
Success is dependent on the glands - the sweat glands.
- Zig Ziglar
The individual who is mistake-free is also probably sitting around doing nothing. And that is a very big mistake.
- John Wooden
Let us not cease to do the utmost, that we may incessantly go forward in the way of the Lord; and let us not despair of the smallness of our accomplishments.
- John Calvin
The path of least resistance leads to a life of no fulfillment.
- Hal Elrod
What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it is another matter.
- Peter Drucker
We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Every great success is an accumulation of thousands of ordinary efforts that no one else sees or appreciates.
- Brian Tracy
We are not a failure just because we fail at something. Nobody is a failure unless they quit trying!
- Joyce Meyer
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Accuse not nature she hath done her part do thou but thine!
- John Milton
The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life.
- John Calvin