There are successful efforts and there are failed efforts, but between these two lies a door which leads us to self-discovery. Success or failure is never permanent & only opening that door gives a fresh perspective to our efforts.
It might be said of me that I could have done it differently or that there was a better way or that I should have waited when I didn’t. But what cannot be said of me is that I didn’t try. And without question, I would rather have tried and blundered in every attempt than not have tried to make any attempt.
A stone is broken by the last stroke of hammer. That doesn't mean that the first stroke is useless. Success is the result of continuous efforts.
Like fear, doubt greatly reduces the potency of our effort.
Good fortune is multiplied by our effort, not added to it. If your effort is zero and you multiply it, the outcome is still zero. In the end, you’ve gained nothing.
If you want fame or wealth or wolves, go out and hunt for them.
When we love someone our love becomes demonstrable or real only through our exertion - through the fact that for that someone (or for ourself) we take an extra step or walk an extra mile. Love is not effortless. To the contrary, love is effortful.
Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results.
When things don't go according to plan, plan according to how things go.
There is not necessarily a correlation between how much time or effort a thing demands and how important or useful it is.
The real currency of your life is effort, best measured in the extra time you put in.
Time and effort can get you anything you want in the world. But nothing in the world can get you more time.
When seeking forgiveness, remember, that forgiveness includes change. Don't just ask for forgiveness because you are sorry. Ask because you are willing to put the time and effort in to change.
You can become talented at anything if you are willing to put in the time and effort. If you want results you must put in the effort.
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it.
Every effort to impact someone or a generation will go a long way beyond human imaginations.
Usipofanya kazi kwa bidii na maarifa utaendelea kuuliza Mbagala tupande daladala gani, badala ya kuuliza Mbagala tupite njia gani.
The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind.
If I had done nothing more than bring McCabe's talents to the attention of what has become a world-wide audience--if I had done only this job, I believe I'd have established myself as a force for mass education and enlightenment with immediate and constructive effects on the thinking portion of the population. My association with McCabe has been enough to build a career for anyone. {Julius on legendary scholar Joseph McCabe}