Quotes about Effort
Lucky is the man who dies at work.
— Epictetus
I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.
— Amy Grant
There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself.
— Andrew Carnegie
You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.
— Andrew Jackson
I just don't lose weight easily.
— Melissa McCarthy
He who labours, prays.
— St. Augustine
I do research, I read books. I write down everything that I intend to say and this may take several hours. Then when I am out there preaching, I do not carry notes.
— Bo Sanchez
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.
— Peter Marshall
To say, well done to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.
— Phillips Brooks
There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.
— Gordon Hinckley
I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive.' I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.
— Gordon Hinckley
You can't help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn't spell it right; but spelling isn't everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn't count.
— AA Milne