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title: "10 Sustained Effort Quotes by 9 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Sustained Effort quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Sustained Effort sayings and thoughts."
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> [“It takes being dynamic and diligent to build a sustained effort that induces faith and produces striking results.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anyaele-sam-chiyson/it-takes-being-dynamic-and-diligent-to-build-a-sustained-effort-that/)

[Anyaele Sam Chiyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anyaele-sam-chiyson/)

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> [Very few people are capable of sustained effort, and that's the reason why we have comparatively few outstanding successes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-mcdonald/very-few-people-are-capable-of-sustained-effort-and-that-s-the-reason/)

[Roger McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-mcdonald/)

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> [We have to make a sustained effort, again and again, to cultivate the positive aspects within us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/we-have-to-make-a-sustained-effort-again-and-again-to-cultivate-the/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [Construct your determination with sustained effort, controlled attention, and concentrated energy. Opportunities never come to those who wait ... they are captured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-j-meyer/construct-your-determination-with-sustained-effort-controlled/)

[Paul J. Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-j-meyer/)

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> [Quickness comes from long sustained effort after rightness, and comes unsought. It never comes from effort after quickness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/quickness-comes-from-long-sustained-effort-after-rightness-and-comes/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [In my case it was a sustained effort. I was fortunate to have the backing of my parents to start off with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhinav-bindra/in-my-case-it-was-a-sustained-effort-i-was-fortunate-to-have-the/)

[Abhinav Bindra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhinav-bindra/)

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> [All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/all-of-us-share-this-world-for-but-a-brief-moment-in-time-the/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [“He found that people who had self-concordant goals were the most likely to make steady progress because they were more likely than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/he-found-that-people-who-had-self-concordant-goals-were-the-most/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Grace is opposed to earning, not to effort. And it is well-directed, decisive, and sustained effort that is the key to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dallas-willard/grace-is-opposed-to-earning-not-to-effort-and-it-is-well-directed/)

[Dallas Willard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dallas-willard/)

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> [One observer commenting on security analysts over forty stated: "They know too many things that are no longer true." As long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-buffett/one-observer-commenting-on-security-analysts-over-forty-stated-they/)

[Warren Buffett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-buffett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/warren-buffett-183_able_one-observer-commenting-on-security-anal_3210664.png)

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