Quotes about Effort

Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn,Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth.

But now my task is smoothly done:I can fly, or I can run.

If our effort to know God more clearly is not an effort to love him more dearly, it will be fatal.

Tasks don't have to be high-impact to be worthy of high effort. Most things we do in any given day are relatively low impact. The cumulative impact of thousands of low-impact test is huge. These tasks can be transposed into worship.

terms are an effort to describe the whole of biblical revelation. They are an effort to say yes to all of the Bible and not silence any of it. They are a way to say yes to the universal, saving will of 1 Timothy 2:4 and yes to the individual unconditional election of Romans 9:6

So when you hold the "Institutes" of John Calvin in your hand, remember that theology, for John Calvin, was forged in the furnace of burning flesh, and that Calvin could not sit idly by without some effort to vindicate the faithful and the God for whom they suffered. I think we would, perhaps, do our theology better today if more were at stake in what we said.

Paul worked hard. He did not say that God's grace made his work unnecessary. He said God's grace made his work possible.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Education, culture, the exercise of the will, human effort, all have their proper sphere, but here they are powerless. They may produce an outward correctness of behavior, but they cannot change the heart;

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men." "In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." "The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing." "The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags."

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work — that goes on, it adds up.

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.