Effort Quotes

"The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort." "People might not get all they work for in this world but they must certainly work for all they get" "I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs" "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value" "Randomness is indistinguishable from complicated, undirected effort" "You can only control your attempt at loving, not the actual behavior" "After all is said and done, more is said than done" "The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity" "The best things in life make you sweaty" "Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character" "If I am not actively creating something, then I am probably actively destroying something" "The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself." "What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure" "I think you still have to do things even if they don’t have any point." "Talent without work is nothing more than an inordinate amount of patience"