Quotes about Effort

Nothing happens without effort. You have to have faith. And for that, you have to break down the barriers of prejudice, which requires courage. To have courage, you must conquer your fears. And so on and so forth. Let's make peace with our days. We can't forget that life is on our side. It also wants to get better. Let's help it out!

The universe always helps us fight for our dreams, no matter how foolish they may be. Our dreams are our own, and only we can know the effort required to keep them alive.

Keep the bicycle moving, because if you stop pedalling, you will fall off.

Not everything you do is going to be a masterpiece, but you get art there and you try and sometimes it really happens. The other times you're just stretching your soul.

Something I learned early in college (is) to not worry about what I can't controlBut what I can control is my attitude, my effort, my focus every single day and that's what I'm trying to worry about.

We can control a few things: our attitude, our effort, our focus and how we go about treating our teammates.

You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you're screwed.

One little deed done in time is worth more than a thousand good intentions.

Talent and effort, combined with our various backgrounds and life experiences, has always been the lifeblood of our singular American genius.

You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.

The stuff that comes easy takes the most rewriting. And the stuff that comes hard reads the easiest (Writing for the Soul, p. 194).

A life of complete leisure is the hardest work of all.