Quotes about Effort

The one who plants and the one who waters are equal, and each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. 1 Corinthians 3:8

It does not depend on human will and effort, but on God who shows mercy. Romans 9:16

Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to believe that his hero is going to be conquered. . . . Remain spiritually tenacious Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest

I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12

I'll give my heart and soul whenever I step on that field and even when I'm on the sidelines. And at the end of the day, that's really all you can ask of someone.

Instead of applying self-knowledge, self-discipline, delayed gratification and hard work, we simply consume a product.

Nor am I "leading" in any way that the military manuals would recognise or commend. I'm just slogging miserably beside the others. But we are one, each giving his all. I catch a second wind, and I feel my brothers-in-arms catch theirs too. By

But a ship of war runs on heart as much as sweat. There must be love among the men or you're finished.

Who walks his path beside me Feels my hand upon him always. No effort he makes is wasted, Nor unseen, unguided by me.

But this is different for me. These are my demons. This is me. This is the shit I do, no matter how hard I try to stop myself.

Let the unconscious do its work. Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.

A professional schools herself to stand apart from her performance, even as she gives herself to it heart and soul. The Bhagavad-Gita tells us we have a right only to our labor, not to the fruits of our labor. All the warrior can give is his life; all the athlete can do is leave everything on the field.