Browse through our collection of quotes tagged with Effort.
People travel in the way of least resistance, by choosing one's environment, one will travel in a particular way.
H. Janicki
If a man has done his best, what else is there?
General George Patton
You have to perform at a consistently higher level than others. That's the mark of a true professional.
Joe Paterno
You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself.
Harry Firestone
Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.
Duke Snider
Of the mental hazards, being scared is the worst. When you get scared, you get tense.
Sam Snead
If one has not given everything, one has given nothing.
Georges Guynemer
Racing takes everything you've got -- intellectually, emotionally, physically -- and then you have to find about ten percent more and use that too.
Janet Guthrie
We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, attributed,
Efficiency is intelligent laziness.This quote had been associated with David Dunham, who has stated that he is not the originator.
Anon., source unknown
If there is something great in you, it will not appear on your first call. It will not appear and come to you easily, without any work and effort.
Leo Tolstoy
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
Mahatma Gandhi
The Buddhas do but tell the way; it is for you to swelter at the task.
Buddha
Easy DOESN'T do it.
Al Bernstein
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance.
James B. Connant
Concentration, Confidence, Competitive urge, Capacity for enjoyment.
Arnold Palmer
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.
Denis Waitley
The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.
You can't rely just on talent to win.
Scott Young
Everyone has limits. You just have to learn what your own limits are and deal with them accordingly.
Nolan Ryan