Quotes about Effort

We see the same scenario all too often today. People are told the good news of salvation by grace alone, only to respond with, "That's too simple. Where's the dignity? Where's the effort? If it's all that life changing, surely something sacrificial is required of me!

Every achievement worth remembering is stained with the blood of diligence and scarred by the wounds of disappointment

It's a miracle that any job comes together.

Don't expect any miracles, I can only come in and do what I can and give my best. I can't work miracles but I will try to.

If I missed bronze by whisker, it was due to lack of experience.

The more we do, the more we can do.

She spent her days, her tendril, sap-green days, walking up and down, up and down, her head jerking to the beat of a drummer so distant only she could hear. Elbows bent, hands on shoulders, she flailed her arms like a bird in an eternal, grotesquely futile effort to fly.

A lot of wives are trying too hard to make their marriages work, but they can't sustain the weight of what they're doing, and they crash. God says, "I want you to soar on the wind of the Holy Spirit. Position yourself in Me, and let Me glide your marriage into a changed relationship." When you are doing it God's way, you don't have to flap because you can soar.

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.

In soloing-as in other activities-it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

Work as if everything depended upon work and pray as if everything depended upon prayer.