Eknath Easwaran Quotes

There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.

Judge men less by the labels they wear than by their persistent labour for sure if slow progress.

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to doDon't wish it were easier, wish you were better.

Very often the things we most desire come only after much patience and struggle.

It pays no matter what comes after it, to try and do things, to accomplish things in this life and not merely to have a soft and pleasant time.

Our "overnight" success took 1,000 days.

Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

Nothing of great value in this life comes easily.

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us.

Even after I got some recognition and success, I still had to work hard and prove myself.

The life you want is on the other side of the labor pains it takes to birth it.

I want the good life, but I don't want an easy ride. What I want is to work for it, feel the blood and sweat on my fingertips.

Whatever it is you seek, you have to put in the time, the practice, the effort. You must give up a lot to get it. It has to be very important to you. And once you have attained it, it is your power. It can't be given away : it resides in you. It is literally the result of your discipline.

I've had enough success for two lifetimes, My success is talent put together with hard work and luck.

Doing good stuff or stuff that you are proud of takes time and takes effort.

Patience, persistence, and power to do are only acquired by work.

What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.

Today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can't.

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.

Everything valuable takes time, there are no overnight successes.

If you sacrifice early, you'll win late.

The difficult I'll do right now. The impossible will take a little while.

As long as you are trying your very best, there can be no question of failure.

The road to success is long and up hill all the way