Quotes about Effort
Breaking down a closed door is quicker than waiting for someone to answer it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you're not willing to accept the pain real values incur, don't bother going to the trouble of formulating a values statement. You'll be better off without one.
— Patrick Lencioni
There's been a concerted effort to steal Christmas.
— Jerry Falwell
That which we obtain too easily, we esteem lightly.
— Thomas Paine
Work will win when wishy washy wishing won t.
— Thomas Monson
Piety does not exclude industry.
— Thomas Watson
Try, really try. Think, really think. Believe, really believe.
— Norman Vincent Peale
I do not worry too much; if I do my best, I believe that what happens, happens for the best.
— Norman Vincent Peale
The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.
— Og Mandino
Only action determines my value in the market place and to multiply my value I will multiply my actions.
— Og Mandino
I will consider each day's effort as but one blow of my blade against a mighty oak.
— Og Mandino
The thoughtless, the ignorant, and the indolent, seeing only the apparent effects of things and not the things themselves, talk of luck, of fortune, and chance.
— Og Mandino