Quotes about Effort
A slave lacks incentives; for him it is better to work slowly and badly, since his effort benefits only the master, but free people work hard to save and get ahead,, that is their incentive.
— Isabel Allende
Our land only rewards those who work hard in it.
— Isabel Allende
The door of opportunity won't open unless you do some pushing.
— Anonymous
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
— Duke Ellington
The riders in a race do not stop short when they reach the goal. There is a little finishing canter before coming to a standstill. There is time to hear the kind voice of friends and to say to one's self: "The work is done."
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.
— Samuel Johnson
If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus, you must not be thinking about yourself and, equally, you must not be thinking about your neighbor: you must be living in your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
— Samuel Johnson
What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
— Cicero
A mistake is not a failure, but evidence that someone tried to do something.
— Anonymous
Try thyself first, and after call in God. For to the worker God himself lends aid.
— Euripides
It is to be deeply regretted that the clergymen would oppose an effort to teach the people the Bible truths; nevertheless, we find much opposition everywhere, and many clergymen will attempt to prevent the people from reading what is here written.
— Joseph Franklin Rutherford