Quotes about Effort

Every moment wasted looking back, keeps us from moving forward.

Effort is what separates the good from the great.

It is better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly.

It's never crowded along the extra mile.

No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.

If you do the best you can, you will find, nine times out of ten, that you have done as well as or better than anyone else.

Old habits die hard.

Give it your all every time you step on the court.

A good man is not the same as a harmless man.

We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have.

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren’t enjoying today’s sunshine.

Practice what you preach.

Hustle until your haters ask if you're hiring.

You just learn as time passes.

Give your best effort, no matter how tough the hurdle.

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

If at first you don't succeed, try hard work.

Those who play in the sun will find it hard to sleep in the shadows.

Don’t let ambition get so far ahead that it loses sight of the job at hand.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got.

We work in the dark—we do what we can—we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end in life.