Quotes about Effort

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

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."

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.

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.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.

A mistake is not a failure, but evidence that someone tried to do something.

Try thyself first, and after call in God. For to the worker God himself lends aid.

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.

The only failure is not to try.

Anytime we step out boldly to make changes, we take a chance that we might fail. But the only way to get better is to try.

The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things that kids care about, where they excel, where they try hard, where they learn important life lessons, that are not picked up by test scores.