Quotes about Effort

The price must be paid and the process followed. You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.

Did you ever consider how ridiculous it would be to try to cram on a farm—to forget to plant in the spring, play all summer and then cram in the fall to bring in the harvest? The farm is a natural system. The price must be paid and the process followed. You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut. This principle is also true, ultimately, in human behavior, in human relationships. They, too, are natural systems based on the law of the harvest

Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it. It's inside-out.

You might work on your behavior—you could try harder, be more diligent, double your speed. But your efforts would only succeed in getting you to the wrong place faster.

"Lift off" takes a tremendous effort, but once we break out of the gravity pull, our freedom takes on a whole new dimension.

in reaping for so long where we have not sown, perhaps we have forgotten the need to sow.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don't pay the price day in and day out, you never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.

Correct maps will infinitely impact our personal and interpersonal effectiveness far more than any amount of effort expended on changing our attitudes and behaviors.

We have to water, cultivate, and weed on a regular basis if we're going to enjoy the harvest.

Did you ever consider how ridiculous it would be to try to cram on a farm—to forget to plant in the spring, play all summer and then cram in the fall to bring in the harvest? The farm is a natural system. The price must be paid and the process followed. You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut. This

It's not what you do, but how much love you put into it that matters.