Quotes About Effort

"Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort."

— Paul J. Meyer

"You need a lot of effort and talent to produce greatness."

— Tom Rath

"The human brain remains plastic even in adult life, allowing it to adapt when we learn new tasks."

— Professor Eleanor Maguire

"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

"Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times."

— Aeschylus

"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit."

— Napoleon Hill

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, but of choice. Not something to wish for, but to attain."

— William Jennings Bryan

"The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply."

— Denis Waitley

"A growth mind-set is a belief system that suggests that one's intelligence can be grown or developed with persistence effort and a focus on learning."

— Carol Dweck

"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."

— Napoleon Hill

"Change equals self-improvement. Push yourself to places you haven't been before."

— Pat Summitt

"People with the growth mind-set believe that basic qualities, including intelligence, can be strengthened like muscles."

— Carol Dweck

"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort."

— Jesse Owens

"I firmly believe the moment you stop learning is the moment you stop living."

— Aashish Dalal,

"I have learned to make a lot of effort and sacrifice for this sport, and now I can say it's paying me back. So it is important to always show determination and effort on the pitch."

— Stephan El Shaarawy.

"People with a growth mind-set believe that they can improve with effort. They outperform those with a fixed mind-set, even when they have a lower IQ, because they embrace challenges, treating them as opportunities to learn something new."

— Carol Dweck

"The one thing that matters is the effort."

— Antoine de Saint Exupery

"Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered."

— Angela Duckworth

"Every time we push out of our comfort zone to learn something new and difficult, the neurons in our brain can form new, stronger connections, and over time we can get smarter."

— Carol Dweck

"Change takes effort. And the reality is, most people don't want to put in effort to better their life."

— Cesar Millan

"Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."

— Benjamin Franklin

"Maybe I was just born with a little bit of vocals or natural talent, but I feel like I taught myself. I just started taking vocal lessons to just work on my breathing, my vowels and stuff."

— Bryson Tiller

"Success is dependent on effort."

— Sophocles

"Just like fine pearls obtained from the depths of the ocean, pearls of wisdom require you to put in the effort to find them and to use them in your life."

— Sai Baba

"Effort the one thing within your power"

— Unknown

"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential, these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."

— Confucius

"Failure I can live with. Not trying is what I can't handle."

— Sanya Richards-Ross

"People with fixed mind-set see effort as fruitless and futile"

— Carol Dweck

"Success is a sum of small efforts made each day and often takes years to achieve, it is not a sudden mammoth of event."

— Unknown

"Much effort, much prosperity."

— Euripides

"The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort."

— Felix Frankfurter

"All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work."

— Calvin Coolidge

"You have to apply yourself each day to becoming a little better. By applying yourself to the task of becoming a little better each and every day over a period of time, you will become a lot better."

— Carol Dweck,

"We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort."

— William James

"In our study, we taught them that every time the children push out of their comfort zone to learn something new and difficult, the neurons in their brain can form new, stronger connections, and over time they can get smarter."

— Carol Dweck

"It is only through labour and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage that we move on to better things."

— Theodore Roosevelt

"For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward."

— Jim Rohn

"Talent without effort is wasted talent. And while effort is the one thing you can control in your life, applying that effort intelligently is what is important."

— Mark Cuban

"Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations."

— Les Brown

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

— Benjamin Franklin

"Continuous improvement is the best hedge against future risk. The external environments of businesses change constantly, so leaders must continually improve to remain successful and competitive. Without that improvement, businesses quickly lose their competitive advantage and market share."

— Christopher Jurin

"A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success."

— Elbert Hubbard

"For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store."

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

"Go to bed smarter than when you woke up."

— Charlie Munger

"A successful person never loses, they either win or learn!"

— John Calipari

"The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort."

— Colin Powell

"The man who can drive himself further when the effort gets painful is the man who will win. Mind-set"

— Roger Bannister

"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory."

— Mahatma Gandhi

"A lot of people notice when you succeed, but they don't see what it takes to get there."

— Dawn Staley,

"Great effort springs naturally from a great attitude."

— Pat Riley

"Doing hard work and putting in effort paves the path to achievement and success"

— Carol Dweck

"How many a man has thrown up his hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience would have achieved success."

— Elbert Hubbard

"Effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment."

— Carol Dweck

"Nobody gets to be good at something without effort, no matter what your aptitude is."

— Angela Duckworth

"Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out."

— Robert Collier

"In my opinion, there is no aspect of reality beyond the reach of the human mind."

— Stephen hawking

"One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again."

— Abraham Maslow

"The reward of eternal life requires effort."

— Thomas S. Monson

"Nothing can come of nothing."

— William Shakespeare

"We are wiser when older, but we learn more easily when younger."

— Aristotle

"Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day."

— Gabby Douglas

"Creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition."

— Alan Alda

"I would like people to recognize in looking at my story that the person who has the most to do with what happens to you is you. It's not the environment, it's not the other people who were there trying to help you or trying to stop you. It's what you decide to do and how much effort you put behind it."

— Ben Carson

"Your brain grows new connections as you learn new skills. The change is gradual, as your brain cells develop new connections to speed the efficiency of new skills acquired."

— Travis Bradberry

"In the growth mind-set, the hand you're dealt is just the starting point for development based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts."

— Carol Dweck