Quotes about Effort

Peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you're capable.

Happiness is in many things. It's in love. It's in sharing. But most of all, it's in being at peace with yourself knowing that you are making the effort, the full effort, to do what is right.

Getting your people to think "Team First" is vital. It starts when you teach each member of the group how she or he contributes to the organization, when you make each one feel connected to the team's efforts, productivity, and ultimate success.

Try your hardest in all ways and you are a success.

You never fail if you know in your heart that you did the best of which you are capable. I did my best. That is all I could do.

The path of progress is seldom smooth. New things are often found hard to do. Our fathers found them so. We find them so. But are we not made better for the effort and scarifice?

My father used to say that it's never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, 'You never know what you can accomplish until you try.'

Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do.

The Christian life is very much like climbing a hill of ice. You cannot slide up. You have to cut every step with an ice axe. Only with incessant labor in cutting and chipping can you make any progress. If you want to know how to backslide, leave off going forward. Cease going upward and you will go downward of necessity. You can never stand still.

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to be discovered by his mind and produced by his effort.

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.