80 powerful phrases of effort and hard work

Sometimes five minutes of satisfaction can mean many hours of consistent work, time, dedication, and hope for achievement.

Over the centuries, it has been proven by many important historical figures have had to go through hard lives that have led them to the place they longed for so much. These sacrificial lives have given us interesting reflections and phrases about the effort.

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The most powerful effort phrases

Below you will find 80 phrases of effort from people who have had to work a lot to achieve your goals.

1. Continuous, tireless and persistent effort will win (James Whitcomb Riley)

The good comes through effort.

2. Learn to manage your states, you can be the most talented of all, but if you let yourself be overcome emotionally, you will not achieve anything (Jordan Belfort)

The effort must not only be physical, but must include many elements that mentally predispose to achieving a goal.

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3. Bad things happen in life, it's true. But the key is to see things as they are and not worse than they really are (Jordan Belfort)

This phrase of effort invites us to have a not so fatalistic perspective of things, that will help to deal with them better.

4. Imagine a point where you want to go and make a plan to get there. But be honest with yourself, and establish your starting point (Jordan Belfort)

Each person knows his potentialities and limitations, so that you reach your goal in your own way.

5. The reason people really fail is not because they set their goals too high and they didn't get there, but because they set them too low and they reached them (Jordan Belfort)

Sometimes for fear of failure we risk little to the point of weakening our march and not reaching our goal.

6. The desire that is born in your heart to do something good is the proof that God sends you that it is already yours (Denzel Washington)

It is then where the effort takes center stage just to make it real.

7. Dreams without goals are just dreams; and they will lead you to disappointment. Goals are the way to your dreams; but they cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency (Denzel Washington)

In this phrase of effort, the actor suggests action and a path to achieve the goals set.

8. Understand the gift that you have been given, fight for that gift, develop it, use it, do not abuse it. So you will be that person you want to be so much. (Denzel Washington)

You have to know the reason why you start a project in order to know the type of effort that we will give you. We must not saturate ourselves.

9. I never quit until after I secured my next job, so I know that opportunities look like hard work (Ashton Kutcher)

Safety and foresight is part of an accompanying effort to consolidate a goal.

10. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopelessly failure can turn into glorious success (Elbert Hubbard)

Through hard work, the unimaginable can be accomplished.

11. The results you get will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply (Denis Waitley)

The effort you use will be reflected in the result.

12. Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Enthusiasm as fuel for effort.

13. Satisfaction lies in effort, not achievement. Total effort is a complete victory (Mahatma Gandhi)

This phrase of effort invites us to value experiences for what they are.

14. It is only through painful work and effort, by dark energy and determined courage, that we move on to better things (Theodore Roosevelt)

About those situations for which we were not prepared but that bring intense satisfaction.

15. We all have dreams. But to turn dreams into reality, it takes a great deal of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort (Jesse Owens)

Effort as an important element to make dreams come true.

16. Constant effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential (Winston Churchill)

Valuable advice of this English politician.

17. Leaders are made, not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price that all of us must pay to achieve any worthwhile goal (Vince Lombardi)

The effort as a forger of successful characters.

18. The only thing that matters is the effort (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

For Saint-Exupery, effort was everything.

19. Happiness is in the joy of achievement and the excitement of creative effort (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

About the effort that brings new things.

20. No one succeeds without effort. Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance (Ramana Maharshi)

The effort also considers time, patience.

21. If one has not given everything, he has not given anything (Guynemer)

We have to put all our resources.

22. Much effort, much prosperity (Euripides)

As the advent of many good things.

23. Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit (Napoleon Hill)

The effort also considers loyalty to our dreams.

24. The reward of eternal life requires effort (Thomas S. Monson)

Effort phrase coined in the hope of transcendence.

25. All the effort in the world does not matter if you are not inspired (Chuck Palahniuk)

We need an energy that marks the beginning and motivation of our project.

26. The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual (Vince Lombardi)

When common effort gives satisfaction.

27. Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of an intelligent effort (John Ruskin)

Effort that requires discipline, planning and a lot of small questioned mistakes.

28. Where there is no hope, there can be no effort (Samuel Johnson)

What we do not put effort into, we cannot imagine that it will ever work.

29. Something great can only be done by a great person; and he does it with effort (John Ruskin)

When the motivation is the other.

30. Success is almost entirely dependent on drive and persistence (Denis Waitley)

Without these two elements no effort is necessary.

31. Great effort springs naturally from great attitude (Pat Riley)

When effort is a reflection of great spirits.

32. All growth depends on activity. There is no physical or intellectual development without effort, and effort means work (Calvin Coolidge)

The effort monopolizes all space where you want to achieve a goal.

33. It is always the beginning that requires the greatest effort (James Cash Penney)

Getting started sometimes tells us more than the process.

34. If you cannot excel with talent, succeed with effort (Dave Weinbaum)

The effort endows us with capacities that we have asleep.

35. Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, smart planning, and focused effort (Paul J. Meyer)

Things don't happen out of nowhere.

36. The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose the focus of individual goals and you cannot be defeated by lack of effort (Michael Jordan)

Don't let difficulties stop you.

37. Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. It takes patient effort to develop good character (Heraclitus)

The effort sculpt our personality, according to this Greek philosopher.

38. Life is too short to spend in negativity. So I've made a conscious effort not to be where I don't want to be (Hugh Dillon)

There are efforts that lead us to fresh and nutritious directions.

39. Put your heart, mind, intellect and soul in even your smallest acts. That is the secret of success (Swami Sivananda)

A way to direct our effort.

40. The man who can lead himself once the effort is painful is the man who will win (Roger Bannister)

Self-control and discipline are the basis of effort.

41. God gives each bird his food, but does not throw it back to their nests (J. G. Holland)

We must earn the things we think we deserve.

42. No one has ever drowned in their own sweat (Ann Landers)

You have to put effort into things.

43. The winds and waves are always on the side of the most capable navigators (Edward Gibbon)

Effort is accompanied with wisdom.

44. It is the constant and determined effort that breaks all resistance and sweeps away all obstacles (Claude M. Bristol board)

Limits can be misleading.

45. For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward (Jim Rohn)

And this happens when we organize our efforts.

46. Men grow stronger as they realize that the helping hand they need is at the end of their own arm (Sidney J. Phillips)

One of the effort phrases in which there is talk of the importance of combining it with autonomy.

47. Sometimes things cannot go your way, but the effort must be there every night (Michael Jordan)

This phrase of effort makes us reflect on how we deal with obstacles.

48. Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you (Arnold Palmer)

We must not lower our arms and persevere always.

49. If you have enough oomph, you don't have to worry about the pull (Zig Ziglar)

Because you're probably going to put up with it.

50. You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money in the training, preparation and promotion of your greatest asset (Tom Hopkins)

On the effort that builds you up.

51. Gold medals are made of sweat, blood, tears and effort every day in the gym (Gabby Douglas)

Interesting reflection of this athlete.

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52. Push yourself over and over again. Don't give an inch until the final whistle sounds (Larry Bird)

We must go all the way.

53. The greater the effort, the greater the glory (Pierre Corneille)

It is a compensation for energy used.

54. We forget that all the good things worth owning must be paid for in strokes of daily effort. We postpone and postpone, until the smiling possibilities are dead (William James)

Every step that he realizes for the end result.

55. Effort without talent is a depressing situation, but talent without effort is a tragedy (Mike Ditka)

Let's not let our talent die.

56. Nobody understands that you have given everything. You have to give more (Antonio Porchia)

Only you know the effort you put into each project and only you know how to address it.

57. The way in which the inevitable comes to pass is effort (Oliver Wendell Holmes)

This phrase of effort brings us closer to the power that he can give.

58. Education comes from within; you get it by struggle, effort and thought (Napoleon Hill)

A whole process of revolution.

59. The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work (Emile Zola)

Consistent and disciplined work.

60. A pinch of sweat saves a liter of blood (George S. Patton)

The effort is always worth it. At the end of the road we never regret it.

61. Sweat is the cologne of achievement (Heywood Hale Broun)

Effort phrase representing dedication and hard work.

62. A Winning Effort Starts With Preparation (Joe Gibbs)

Preparation is key.

63. Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it (John C. Maxwell)

The effort puts that quota of suspense and action.

64. When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle will work in our life or in the life of another (Helen Keller)

Effort always brings something extra to our lives.

65. Nothing can come from nothing (William Shakespeare)

Much less effortless.

66. Effort is only effort when it starts to hurt (José Ortega y Gassett)

Surrendering to the effort is not always easy.

67. Success depends on effort (Sophocles)

The anticipation of success is the motivation that can lead us to achieve it.

68. If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, with the time you will overcome your immediate problems and find that you are ready for greater challenges (Pat Riley)

When effort helps to internalize a proactive attitude.

69. Strength and growth come only through effort and continuous struggle (Napoleon Hill)

When effort is the guarantee of our evolution.

70. Effort and courage is not enough without purpose and pleasure (John F. Kennedy)

When the end is justified.

71. Winning is not everything, but the effort to win if (Zig Ziglar)

Effort also teaches us something and that is already a reward.

72. Things can come to those who wait, but only things left by those who hurry (Abraham Lincoln)

We must not faint trying to achieve our dreams.

73. You do not catch a trout with dry pants (Miguel de Cervantes)

If we want things to work we have to bet for hard work, according Cervantes.

74. The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra (Jimmy Johnson)

An excellent reflection of when we involve the effort.

75. The fight alone pleases us, not the victory (Blaise Pascal)

Many times when you reach the goal the feeling is not as intense as the way you dodged the obstacles.

76. Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day after day (Robert Collier)

With small steps you will be successful.

77. An effort made for the happiness of others rises above ourselves (Lydia M. Child)

Effort as the main value.

78. What is not started today never ends tomorrow (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

One of those effort phrases that emphasizes the need to don't postpone our plans.

79. Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. You have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you (Joyce Meyer).

About love and effort.

80. Happiness is an option that requires effort sometimes (Aesquilo)

It is not an easy path.