Albert Schweitzer Quotes

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

The long run may be too long.

No one can reap the fruit before planting the trees.

It needs time. Nobody wants to hear it, but that's the truth: if you want to have success in the future, you have to be ready to work now.

You have to sit by the side of a river a very long time before a roast duck will fly into your mouth.

You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.

Sometimes when you do things right, there's no results.

In the long run, a short cut seldom is.

You must be willing to do things today others won't do, in order to have the things tomorrow others won't have

If you put in the time, you’ll see the rewards.

In this age, which believes that there is a short cut to everything, the greatest lesson to be learned is that the most difficult way is, in the long run, the easiest.

People say we were an overnight success. It took us a year to be an overnight success.

Success isn't supposed to happen, no matter how hard you work. There's no guarantee you're going to succeed. There's nothing set in stone.

The fruits of your labors may be reaped two generations from now. Trust, even when you don't see the results.

Everyone's like, 'overnight sensation.' It's not overnight. It's years of hard work.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.

I believe that good things come to those who work.

Every day when I get on the floor I give it my all and play because you never know what tomorrow holds.

You reap what you sow, and sometimes the soil can be very dry, and sometimes it will bring a lot of rain.

I wanted to put in the time and the work, because eventually it pays off in a good way.

I've done as much as I could and as hard as I've worked to try to be ready, but we'll never know until I actually play.

I believe that if you do all the right things, in time, you will get your opportunities.

Practicing hard doesn't guarantee you anything.

Don't be so shortsighted that if it doesn't happen right now, you're not going to be happy. You are sowing seeds that will reap a great harvest for generations to come.