Quotes about Effort

The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

Short cuts make for long delays.

Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort.

The real trouble about the duty of forgiveness is that you do it with all your might on Monday and then find on Wednesday that it hasn't stayed put and all has to be done over again.

Changing a college curriculum is like moving a graveyard-you never know how many friends the dead have until you try to move them!

Does anybody really think that they didn't get what they had because they didn't have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel.

When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get them, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

As Edison is credited with saying, "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." We all want to be successful, but most of us aren't willing to do what those who are successful did to attain it. We want success without sacrifice, but you can't have one without the other!