Quotes about Effort

Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then throwing them back again, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now.

Some are 'industrious' and appear to love labor for its own sake, or perhaps because it keeps them out of worse mischief; to such I have at present nothing to say.

it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever.

Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea; while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.

With Hall & Oates, honestly, after years and years of playing the same material, it's easy to coast. I can coast through a show.

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.

I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments.

Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only have 100 percent, and that's what I want from you right now.

It all depends on what you're willing to invest time and effort in and put your mind to. That's what separates winners from losers. Winners are the ones who want the most out of their opportunities.

Life is like a combination lock; your job is to find the right numbers, in the right order, so you can have everything you want.

The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.

There are plenty of smart people who get nowhere.