Quotes about Effort

Work at learning to have fun. Apply yourself with dedication to learning enjoyment. Work as hard at learning to have fun as you did at feeling miserable.

When we have done our best, we also have to learn that we still need to rely on God. Our best — no matter how good — is incomplete if we leave God out of the picture.

It's not what you know but the kind of job you do that makes the difference.

The early bird gets the worm.

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.