Quotes about Effort

Not what he wishes and prays for does a man get, but what he justly earns. His wishes and prayers are only gratified and answered when they harmonize with his thoughts and actions. In

The foolish wish and grumble; the wise, work and wait.

A strong man cannot help a weaker unless that weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of himself; he must, by his own efforts, develop the strength which he admires in another. None but himself can alter his condition.

It is my growing conviction that the Baptist churches in America are behind the age in missionary spirit. They now and then make a spasmodic effort to throw off a nightmare debt of some years' accumulation, and then sink back into unconscious repose.

If you're a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don't understand talent any more than we understand electricity.

Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.

If a man could outpace his shadow, he would still find it waiting for him at the finishing line.

It is in vain to try and kick the wind.

It is in the shade that you look up at a tree and appreciate its efforts.

So much can be done, even when little is said.So little can be done, even when much is spoken.

The best trees produce the sweetest fruits.

Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.