Quotes about Effort

To trade by means of money is the code of the men of good will. Money rests on the axiom that every man is the owner of his mind and his effort.

The prospect of experiencing pleasure was not worth the effort; he had no desire to experience pleasure.

I think that it's a sin to sit down and let your life go, without making a try for it.

There is no excuse for not trying.

Have you ever noticed that if there's a hard way and an easy way, you choose the hard way every time? Why do you think that is?

Whatever you do won't be enough, I heard their voices say. Try anyway.

Because, you know, contrary to the song of a great American master, we're generally not born to run. Most of us are born to run a little bit and go back home.

With so much effort being poured into church growth, so much press being given to the benefits of faith, and so much flexing of religious muscle in the public square, the poor in spirit have no one but Jesus to call them blessed anymore.

Oh, and the camel. Was it a camel that could pass through the eye of a needle more easily than a rich man? Or a coarse piece of yarn? The Hebrew words are the same, but which one did they mean? If it's a camel, the rich man might as well not even try. But if it's the yarn, he might well succeed with a lot of effort, you see?

First, I got myself born. The worst of the job was up to me.

At sunrise it always seems like you've got a good crack at getting everything done, but at sunset you know that you didn't.

It's not enough to dream. It's not enough to try. It's not enough to set goals or climb ladders. It's not enough to value. The effort has to be based on practical realities that produce the result. Only then can we dream, set goals, and work to achieve them with confidence.