"Efficiency is intelligent laziness."
-Anon.,source unknown
"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it,however."
-Richard Bach
"It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down resistance,sweeps away all obstacles."
-Claude M. Bristol
Continuous effort,not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.
-Liane Cardes
"It is no use saying,'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."
-Sir Winston Churchill
We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson,attributed,no source
"You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself."
-Harry Firestone
"One that would have the fruit must climb the tree."
-Thomas Fuller
"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
-Johann von Goethe
The Mathemagician nodded knowingly and stroked his chin several times. “You’ll find,” he remarked gently,“that the only thing you can do easily is be wrong,and that’s hardly worth the effort.”
-Norton Juster,The Phantom Tollbooth
The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not obtained by sudden flight,
But they,while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In reality,serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life,work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.
-Peter McWilliams
"Slump,and the world slumps with you. Push,and you push alone."
-Laurence J. Peter
"Even if you are on the right track,you'll get run over if you just sit there."
-Will Rogers
"Do what you can,with what you have,where you are."
-Theodore Roosevelt
"To do two things at once is to do neither."
-Publilius Syrus