Quotes about Effort
Augustine started from God's grace and got it right, Pelagius started from human effort and got it wrong. Augustine passionately pursued God; Pelagius methodically worked to please God.
— Philip Yancey
No effort is complete without prayer - without definite recognition that the best human endeavor is of no effect if it has not God's blessing behind it.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Isaiah calls the Church barren because her children are born without effort by the Word of faith through the Spirit of God. It is a matter of birth, not of exertion.
— Martin Luther
God helps him who strives hard.
— Euripides
Anything less than your best dishonors God.
— Francine Rivers
All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do--remember that--and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade.
— Herman Melville
I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn't doing a very good job.
— Bill Walsh
Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.
— Audrey Hepburn
Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.
— Alfred Nobel
We show up. We do our best. Good things happen.
— Steven Pressfield
Everything takes me forever. It's all lurch, flail. I hope that is good news to you writers.
— Anne Lamott