Quotes about Effort
Intellectual ''work'' is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward.
— Mark Twain
Nothing is hard for lovers, no labor is difficult for those who wish it.
— St. Jerome
It's just as difficult to reach a destination you don't have, as it is to come back from a place you've never been.
— Zig Ziglar
It is a sober truth that people who live only to amuse themselves work harder at the task than most people do in earning their daily bread.
— Hannah More
90% of the work in this country is done by people who don't feel good".
— Theodore Roosevelt
Joy is something that we have to choose and then work for.
— Francis Chan
Without labor there is neither wealth, nor comfort, nor progress.
— Gordon Hinckley
All work is empty save when there is love.
— Khalil Gibran
Work like an Arminian, sleep like a Calvinist.
— Mark Driscoll
I loved work and I loved pouring myself into the work, you know. It was the real life that I had trouble with.
— Roseanne Barr
The job is not the work.
— Seth Godin
The secret to missionary work is work. Work, work, work!
— Ezra Taft Benson