Effort Quotes

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Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with… — D. H. Lawrence
Inscribe all human effort with one word, artistry's haunting curse, the Incomplete! — Robert Browning
I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for… — W. Somerset Maugham
If you have enough push, you don't have to worry about the pull. — Zig Ziglar
The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they are the modes… — Hannah Arendt
The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts. — Albert Einstein
What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly. — Mignon McLaughlin
The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Whenever a man does the best he can, then that is all he can do. — Harry S. Truman
You must not for one moment give up the effort to build up new lives for yourself. — Daisaku Ikeda
Everyone works hard when they want to, when they get quick results, when it's convenient to put forth effort. The best work hard when they… — Peter Vidmar
We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will again. If difficulties… — George Washington
Our motto must continue to be perseverance. And ultimately I trust the Almighty will crown our efforts with success. — William Wilberforce
Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique. — Don Meyer
The greatest efforts in sports came when the mind is as still as a glass lake. — Timothy Gallwey
Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort… — Mary Lou Retton
Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Half effort does not produce half results, it produces no results. — Hamilton Holt
The true but rare runner's high is a zone that we enter when everything seems to click perfectly, when time stands still, and when we… — Amby Burfoot
If there is effort, there is always accomplishment. — Kano Jigoro

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