Effort And Hard Work Quotes - Page 2

• There is no substitute for hard work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Perseverance, Morning

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• Leaders aren't born they are made.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Leadership, Discipline

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• Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

  Vern Law

  Inspirational, Sports, Education

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

  Stephen Leacock

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.91, University of Toronto Press

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  Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

  John Ruskin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Nobody's a natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

  Paul Coffey

  Life, Sports, Perseverance

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

  Paul J. Meyer

  Inspirational, Leadership, Perseverance

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

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.154, A&C Black

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• Leaders are made, they are not born

  Vince Lombardi

  Singleness Of Purpose, Effort, Leader

  Vince Lombardi, Jr. (2012). “What It Takes to Be Number One”, p.61, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra effort, do the hard work, absorb the criticism and make decisions that will cause a better future.

  Mike Rounds

  Hard Work, Simple, Effort

  Michael Rounds' State of the State Address at the South Dakota State Capitol, legis.sd.gov. January 11, 2005.

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• Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  Vince Lombardi, Balance Design (1998). “Motivation Lombardi Style”

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• The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Success, Perseverance

  'The Ladder of Saint Augustine' (1850)

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• There's nothing like biting off more than you can chew, and then chewing anyway.

  Mark Burnett

  Inspirational, Effort, Hustle

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• Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Freedom, Mean, Past

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• The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Teamwork, Volleyball

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.217, McGraw Hill Professional

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

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.54, Courier Corporation

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  Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

  Ann Landers

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Hard work is the price we must pay for success

  Vince Lombardi

  Hard Work, Will And Determination, Pay The Price

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• Leaders are not born, they're made.

  Vince Lombardi

  Leadership, Discipline, Effort

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• The harder I work the more I live.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Work, Good Luck, True Joy

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  Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.

  Sam Ewing

  Motivational, Success, Attitude

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• The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

  Jimmy Johnson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Fictional character: Dan". "Waiting...", www.imdb.com. 2005.

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

  William James

  Best Effort, Forget, Very Good

  William James (1983). “Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals”, p.51, Harvard University Press

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

  Calvin Coolidge

  Work, Mean, Effort

  Calvin Coolidge (1924). “Calvin Coolidge, His Ideals of Citizenship as Revealed Through His Speeches and Writings”

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• God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.

  J. G. Holland

  Success, God, Work

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