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Effort

About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age. – Gloria Pitzer

Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. – Chinese Proverb

We lack resolve and blame fate, mistaking the drift for the tides. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

They indeed are fools who are satisfied with the fruits of their past effort and do not engage themselves in self-effort now. – Swami Venkatesananda

[Y]our life is a journey, not a rest. You are travelling to the promised land, from the cradle to the grave. – The Sunday at Home, December 7th 1854

No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune. – Plutarch

He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him. – Proverb

If a jobs worth doing, its worth doing well. – Proverb

Too aim is not enough, you must hit! – Proverb

The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they are the modes in which life itself, together with the necessity to which it is bound, makes itself felt. For mortals, the easy life of the gods would be a lifeless life. – Hannah Arendt

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying. – Francis Bacon

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do. – Lucille Ball

Ive always tried to do my best on the ball field. I cant do any more than that. I always try to give one hundred percent; and if my team loses, I come back and give one hundred percent the next day. – Jesse Barfield

Slumps are like a soft bed. Theyre easy to get into and hard to get out of. – Johnny Bench

It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top. – Arnold Bennett

Easy DOESNT do it. – Al Bernstein

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isnt enough, in the second half, you have to give what is left. – Yogi Berra

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. Ecclesiastes 9:11 – Bible

Push yourself again and again. Dont give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. – Larry Bird

I like to be against the odds. Im not afraid to be lonely at the top. With me, its just the satisfaction of the game. Just performance. – Barry Bonds