Effort
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
I am suggesting that as we go through life, we 'accentuate the positive'. I am asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment and endorse virtue and effort.
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Every one of us is different in some way but for those of us who are more 'different', we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing as they can... just differently.
Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy.
For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
I've figured out that life in general is a team effort; it's a team game.
My first real kiss came when I was 10, and it was in an acting class. I had to do a scene from a movie where someone gets kissed under a tree, and I did not want to do it! But my acting partner wanted me to feel comfortable, so he bought a picnic basket with all these snacks. He made such an effort — and it was cute.
Extension work is not exhortation. Nor is it exploitation of the people, or advertising of an institution, or publicity work for securing students. It is a plain, earnest, and continuous effort to meet the needs of the people on their own farms and in the localities.
There are people to whom heroism under fire comes naturally and seemingly without effort, but Patton was not one of them.
Pause today and notice something you have worked hard on and recognize yourself for it. Acknowledge your effort.
None of the things I have done would have been accomplished without a true team effort.
The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort.
Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.
Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.