Effort Quotes

When you are not practicing, remember: someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win.

To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the human will.

A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive.

"When your back is against the wall, you will find it is a good place to push off."

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

Make your hard days hard and your easy days easy.

How do you go from on the fence to being somebody who gives a s**t? Try. Effort is grossly underrated.

It doesnt get easier you just go faster

Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.

I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Those who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try nothing and succeed.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never led to good intention's goal.

Success is dependent on effort.