Top 200 Effort Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself.”

— Watchman Nee

152. “The Tao of the sage is work without effort.”

— Laozi

153. “Excuses don’t burn calories.”

— Anonymous

154. “We don’t “have” a great day, we “make it” a great day!”

— Frosty Westering

155. “If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.”

— Will Smith

156. “But instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction, or any other willful effort of the brain, is futile.”

— Nikola Tesla

157. “Do the thing and you will have the power.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

158. “One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.”

— Dallas Willard

159. “The only real limitation on your abilities is the level of your desires. If you want it badly enough, there are no limits on what you can achieve. ”

— Brian Tracy

160. “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 have 100 percent, and that’s what I want from you right now.”

— John Wooden

161. “The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.”

— Dale Carnegie

162. “A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.”

— Walt Disney

163. “No Alarm Clock Needed. My Passion Wakes Me.”

— Eric Thomas

164. “Grace is the power of the Holy Spirit coming to us free of charge to enable you to do with ease what you could never do on your own with any amount of struggle and effort.”

— Joyce Meyer

165. “We don’t settle for anything less than excellence.”

— Steve Jobs

166. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

— William James

167. “If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.”

— Steve Jobs

168. “Focus on progress not perfection.”

— Bill Phillips

169. “You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.”

— Beverly Sills

170. “There is no magic to achievement. It’s really about hard work, choices, and persistence.”

— Michelle Obama

171. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

172. “Discipline is the foundation upon which all success is built. Lack of discipline inevitably leads to failure.”

— Jim Rohn

173. “Make a wish with all your heart and chase every dream you have. Only you can reach your goals. No one else can achieve them for you.”

— Demi Lovato

174. “Make time, not excuses.”

— Grant Cardone

175. “Don’t underestimate yourself. You are capable of more than you can ever imagine.”

— Les Brown

176. “The only time I get depressed is when I am not being productive. It’s when I am not accomplishing or doing or contributing in any way. Nothing makes me less happy than relaxation and sitting around with nothing to do.”

— Casey Neistat

177. “Success takes an investment in time, dedication, and sacrifice. This is true education. It is a process.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

178. “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”

— Mother Teresa

179. “There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.”

— Ronald Reagan

180. “Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.”

— Abdul Kalam

181. “Don’t expect to be motivated every day to get out there and make things happen. You won’t be. Don’t count on motivation. Count on Discipline.”

— Jocko Willink

182. “If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don’t even start.”

— Charles Bukowski

183. “Greatness is a lot of small things done well.”

— Eric Thomas

184. “One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.”

— Tony Robbins

185. “Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing. ”

— Napoleon Hill

186. “Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.”

— Swami Vivekananda

187. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”

— Jimmy Johnson

188. “I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.”

— Frank Lloyd Wright

189. “If it was easy, everyone would be doing it, and you wouldn’t have an opportunity.”

— Bob Parsons

190. “The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”

— Thomas A. Edison

191. “Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.”

— Biz Stone

192. “If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”

— Thomas A. Edison

193. “Be phenomenal or be forgotten!”

— Eric Thomas

194. “Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.”

— Gordon B. Hinckley

195. “It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.”

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

196. “By working together, pooling our resources and building on our strengths, we can accomplish great things.”

— Ronald Reagan

197. “Whatever happens, take responsibility.”

— Tony Robbins

198. “Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

199. “Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t.”

— Rikki Rogers

200. “I am not the richest, smartest or most talented person in the world, but I succeed because I keep going and going and going.”

— Sylvester Stallone