Quotes about Effort
If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is an indication on Nature's part that she did not mean him to be a head worker.
— Thomas Henry Huxley
Labor is the true standard of value.
— Abraham Lincoln
All your hopes, dreams, goals and aspirations are amenable to hard work.
— Brian Tracy
You must work and should not be lazy if you want to be happy.
— Anne Frank
The best work usually meets the strongest opposition.
— DL Moody
I could not be satisfied unless some fruits did appear in my work.
— John Bunyan
And all knowledge is vain save when there is work, and all work is empty save when there is love; and when you work with love you bind yourself to yourself, and to one another, and to God.
— Khalil Gibran
Surely love is both work and wages.
— Richard Baxter
No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive.
— Abraham Lincoln
Excellence isn't about working extra hard to do what you're told. It's about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing.
— Seth Godin
Many people who want to be great aren't willing to do the work to make it possible!
— Zig Ziglar
Talent doesn't win. Hard work, determination, and character wins. If you root your talent and ability in those things, then you have a powerful combination.
— Erwin McManus