Quotes about Effort
Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle
— Charles Spurgeon
To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavours, with his utmost care, to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.
— Samuel Johnson
A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to you than the ninety and nine which you had to work for, and money won at faro or in stocks snuggles into your heart in the same way.
— Mark Twain
Nothing so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task…
— William James
I have tried so hard to do right.
— Grover Cleveland
Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best.
— H Jackson Brown, Jr.
A bird does not give up flying because it failed on its first attempt.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Step up your game and success will step up to you.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The high cost of greatness is better than the low cost of mediocrity.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Breaking down a closed door is quicker than waiting for someone to answer it.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If you're not willing to accept the pain real values incur, don't bother going to the trouble of formulating a values statement. You'll be better off without one.
— Patrick Lencioni