Effort Quotes

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Most bodybuilders only have a hazy notion of what they want to look like. They do not say, 'I am going to be a winner.'… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
Practice the 101 Percent Principle. Whenever possible, find the 1 percent you do agree on in a difficult situation, and give it 100 percent of… — John C. Maxwell
Teamwork requires that everyone's efforts flow in a single direction. Feelings of significance happen when a team's energy takes on a life of its own. — Pat Riley
Give me 100 percent. You can't make up for a poor effort today by giving 110 percent tomorrow. You don't have 110 percent. You only… — John Wooden
I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort. — John Wooden
How is freedom measured, in individuals as in nations? By the resistance which has to be overcome, by the effort it costs to stay aloft.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
If a warrior is to succeed at anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession. — Carlos Castaneda
Any time one person makes an effort to contact a deeper part of him or herself, balance his or her emotions, and deflect the stress… — Howard Martin
As long as you are breathing, there is more right with you than there is wrong, no matter how ill or how hopeless you may… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year impairs, a luster obliterates. There is… — Lord Byron
It takes more time and effort and delicacy to learn the silence of a people than to learn its sounds. Some people have a special… — Ivan Illich
We can shed some light on the possibility of the fall, but the transition to the actuality of it remains shrouded in darkness. Scripture makes… — Herman Bavinck
The Pacific no longer represents menacing avenues of approach for a prospective invader. It assumes, instead, the friendly aspect of a peaceful lake. Our line… — Douglas MacArthur
Every good soldier wants to live in an organized environment, secure in the knowledge that he or she will not be threatened or harassed by… — William A. Connelly
I have the utmost confidence that through your efforts we will eventually beat the hell out of those bastards - You name them; I'll shoot… — George S. Patton
I believe that the entire effort of modern society should be concentrated on the endeavor to outlaw war as a method of the solution of… — Douglas MacArthur
Perseverance does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now. — Denis Waitley
Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of every generation springing from the threshold of life. — Pierre de Coubertin
I think I may be a better person for having given serious time and thought and effort to gardening. — Martha Stewart
Happiness isn't a one-size-fits-all proposition. You must define what it looks like for you and then make a conscious effort to access whatever gets you… — Phil McGraw

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