top of page
"Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Effort quotes

"Effort will always triumph over unapplied potential."

"The merit of all things lies in their difficulty."

"Everything is hard before it is easy."

"Plans are easy to make, dreams are easy to dream. But putting your back into it? A little bit of hard graft and discipline? That is just too scary and far too much effort for the masses."

"Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them."

"A mediocre response often is what achieves mediocre results."
Explore more quotes by Orison Swett Marden

"There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us."

"Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it."

"The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson."

"Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours."

"Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world."

"Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances."

"A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements."
bottom of page