Welcome to our collection of Effort Quotes, where we celebrate the profound wisdom and insights that revolve around the power of determination and hard work. Effort is the driving force behind achievement and success, and throughout history, countless individuals have shared their thoughts and experiences on the subject. Whether you’re seeking motivation to tackle a challenging task or simply looking to gain a deeper understanding of the value of effort, you’ve come to the right place.
On this page, you’ll find a curated selection of inspiring quotes that highlight the significance of putting in the effort to reach your goals. These quotes come from a diverse range of thinkers, writers, leaders, and visionaries who have experienced the transformative effects of determination firsthand. Feel free to explore these words of wisdom, and you can even copy and use them to create your own motivational images or enhance them with stylish fonts. Let’s dive into the world of effort and discover the motivation and inspiration that lies within.
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. George Sand
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort. Epictetus
I am not looking for a relationship right now. I have no interest in putting my time or effort into another person, nor do I need another person to put energy into me, OK? Because that’s what granola bars are for. Lilly Singh
Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort. Paul J. Meyer
It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation. Mark Twain
With hard work and effort, you can achieve anything. Antoine Griezmann
Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned – it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum. Ban Ki-moon
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. Napoleon Hill
Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent judicial branch that would not be subject to retaliation by either the executive branch or the legislative branch because of some decision made by those judges. Sandra Day O’Connor
The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply. Denis Waitley
A winning effort begins with preparation. Joe Gibbs
Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort. Tariq Ramadan
The one thing that matters is the effort. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality. Linus Pauling
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you. Arnold Palmer
From the outset of the war, the Canadian people have clearly shown that it is their desire to help in every way to make Canada’s war effort as effective as possible. William Lyon Mackenzie King
A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational, and economic legacies – all of the things that quite literally make us who we are. Steve Berry
For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward. Jim Rohn
Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. Rabindranath Tagore
Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. John Wooden
Camaraderie doesn’t happen by accident; developing a strong sense of trust, accountability, and togetherness around team goals requires intentional effort. Don Yaeger
I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism. Charles Schwab
Mr. Speaker, genocide is the most potent of all crimes against humanity because it is an effort to systematically wipe out a people and a culture as well as individual lives. Jerry Costello
All of the Antilles, every island, is an effort of memory: every mind, every racial biography culminating in amnesia and fog. Pieces of sunlight through the fog and sudden rainbows, arcs-en-ciel. That is the effort, the labour of the Antillean imagination, rebuilding its gods from bamboo frames, phrase by phrase. Derek Walcott
Emphasizing effort gives a child a variable that they can control. They come to see themselves as in control of their success. Emphasizing natural intelligence takes it out of the child’s control, and it provides no good recipe for responding to a failure. Carol S. Dweck
Your first projects aren’t the greatest things in the world, and they may have no money value, they may go nowhere, but that is how you learn – you put so much effort into making something right if it is for yourself. Steve Wozniak
Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making. Andrew Young
The greater the effort, the greater the glory. Pierre Corneille
Most achievers I know are people who have made a strong and deep dedication to pursuing a particular goal. That dedication took a tremendous amount of effort. Donald Johanson
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
Success is dependent on effort. Sophocles
Stockings are tricky for girls – you worry about them falling down all night and the idea that you dress up at 7pm so that your boyfriend can get excited about six hours later is just too much effort. Claudia Winkleman
Children are our future we must take care of them with maximum effort. Naomi Campbell
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. Aeschylus
In every human society, there is an effort continually tending to confer on one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this effort and to diffuse their influence universally and equally. Cesare Beccaria
There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation. Marcus Garvey
If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges. Pat Riley
But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful. Elizabeth Edwards
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. George Santayana
We must enforce the laws we have on the books, secure our borders, and deny special benefits to illegal immigrants such as in-state tuition rates. This approach is best for American citizens and is fair to those who have taken the time and effort to go through the legal immigration process. Ron DeSantis
Positive attitude plus effort equals performance. Tommy Tuberville
Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction. Erich Fromm
At my heaviest, I was 5’8″ and 175 pounds. I ate well, but in too large quantities, and I rarely made a concerted effort to burn off the extra calories. I’d beat myself up about being overweight, even though I had the tools to be in shape. Then I’d resort to an unhealthy diet to lose the weight that was making me self-conscious. Daphne Oz
Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential. Liane Cordes
The history of all countries shows that the working class exclusively by its own effort is able to develop only trade-union consciousness. Vladimir Lenin
Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with each unit of effort. Charles J. Givens
I put a lot of effort into not upsetting people and trying to do things the right way, so I feel I can reserve the right to complain when I feel let down by others. Jon Richardson
The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy. Henri Nouwen
Our soldiers fought in the Korean War to push back communism. As a result of their effort and the effort of our allies, South Korea is free today. Pierre Poilievre
To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again. David Viscott
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make. Eckhart Tolle
I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way. Lady Gaga
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. Sydney Smith
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation. Plato
Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. Fran Lebowitz
Talent without effort is wasted talent. And while effort is the one thing you can control in your life, applying that effort intelligently is next on the list. Mark Cuban
I’m at my best when I’m working with really talented people, and I’m there to gently suggest or guide or inspire or contribute whatever I can to their effort. Harold Ramis
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle. Helen Keller
To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals – this alone is worth the struggle. William Osler
Spending time with negative people can be the fastest way to ruin a good mood. Their pessimistic outlooks and gloomy attitude can decrease our motivation and change the way we feel. But allowing a negative person to dictate your emotions gives them too much power in your life. Make a conscious effort to choose your attitude. Amy Morin
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. Heraclitus
Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations. Les Brown
Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself. Alexis Carrel
We may not know what each day has in store for us. We could be gone tomorrow. Any minute could truly be our goodbye. But we do have this moment. This time. Today. Right now. It takes way more effort to shell out hate then it does to allow love to flow freely in our lives. After all, it’s what we were born to do. Grace Gealey
Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live. Anais Nin
No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure. Emma Goldman
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
Fires can’t be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks. James Baldwin
I always say, ‘To have a big dream requires the same effort as having a small dream. Dream big!’ Jorge Paulo Lemann
We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just… do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It’s all going to work out. John Lewis
Searching for music is like searching for God. They’re very similar. There’s an effort to reclaim the unmentionable, the unsayable, the unseeable, the unspeakable, all those things, comes into being a composer and to writing music and to searching for notes and pieces of musical information that don’t exist. David Bowie
People ask ‘do you make a conscious effort not to swear?’ – if you’re doing silly stuff you’re not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway. Tim Vine
At the end of the day, you can’t control the results; you can only control your effort level and your focus. Ben Zobrist
Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers – and never succeeding. Gian Carlo Menotti
I am like the sick sheep that strays from the rest of the flock. Unless the Good Shepherd takes me on His shoulders and carries me back to His fold, my steps will falter, and in the very effort of rising, my feet will give way. St. Jerome
Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered… the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith… All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown. Thomas Becket
No one succeeds without effort… Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. Ramana Maharshi
The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. Colin Powell
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be. Bruce Lee
You have to spend some energy and effort to see the beauty of math. Maryam Mirzakhani
A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them. Liberty Hyde Bailey
I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay. Tracee Ellis Ross
Try to see the good in others. When you’re tempted to judge someone, make an effort to see their goodness. Your willingness to look for the best in people will subconsciously bring it forth. Marianne Williamson
As long as you give your best effort, I feel like that’s all you can do. Kawhi Leonard
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory. Mahatma Gandhi
The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can’t let yourself be beat because of lack of effort. Michael Jordan
All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time. Otto Dix
Art is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. Chinua Achebe
You can’t kill your way to success in a counter insurgency effort. You have to protect the people, get the civil military balance right, train the locals, and practice effective strategic communications. James G. Stavridis
If I am a cup maker, I’m interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it. Denzel Washington
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. Roger Bannister
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. Calvin Coolidge
Success doesn’t motivate me as much as integrity does. Everyone loses. I enjoy the pressure of showing up every single day, being focused, putting forth my best effort, getting the best out of my teammates, and enjoying the journey. Becky Sauerbrunn
The girls and women of our race must not be afraid to take hold of business endeavor and, by patient industry, close economy, determined effort and close application to business, wring success out of a number of business opportunities that lie at their very doors. Madam C. J. Walker
I am suggesting that as we go through life, we ‘accentuate the positive.’ I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort. Gordon B. Hinckley
They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited ‘first chapters’. I have indeed written many. J. R. R. Tolkien
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. Elbert Hubbard
What is mathematics? It is only a systematic effort of solving puzzles posed by nature. Shakuntala Devi
