importance of effort Quotes

Winning is not everything - but making the effort to win was... If you can't accept losing, you can't win.

I believe in process. I believe that having a really difficult process is more valuable than a good outcome.

Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God's sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.

There can be no substitute for work, neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.

Every child should be taught that useful work is worship and that intelligent labor is the highest form of prayer.

Remember, results aren't the criteria for success — it's the effort made for achievement that is most important.

And something tells me if it matters, maybe it shouldn't be easy.

Nothing is more fatal to success than taking one's job as a matter of course.

...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available to someone merely because he is the high bidder. A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters. As your work gets better and your art becomes more important, competition for your gifts will increase and you'll discover that you can be choosier about whom you give them to.

I've always tried to tell myself that the work itself is the thing, that win, lose, or draw, the work is really what counts.

... shouldn't everything you do matter if you're bothering at all? Not to hold on when it's over, that's the trick.