100+ Powerful Effort Sayings to Motivate & Inspire Daily

Little strokes fell great oaks.

No rain, no flowers.

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.

He who climbs the steepest mountain begins at the bottom.

Smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Success comes to those who work while others sleep.

Rivers carve their path one drop at a time.

The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.

I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. – Michael Jordan

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. – Tim Notke

Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. – John Wooden

Excellence is never an accident; it's always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution. – Kobe Bryant

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today. – Muhammad Ali

I train like a beast, so I can perform like a beauty. – Serena Williams

Victory is reserved for those who are the most persevering. – Usain Bolt

Champions are made when nobody is watching. – Cristiano Ronaldo

You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. – Michael Phelps

It’s not about having time. It’s about making time. – Simone Biles

Pressure is a privilege. – Billie Jean King

Success isn't accident. It's hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing. – Pelé

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle

The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. – Epicurus

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. – Winston Churchill

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. – Seneca

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a hard one. – Confucius

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. – Walter Elliot

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates

The mind is everything. What you think, you become. – Buddha

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. – Seneca

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. – Plato

Opportunities don't happen. You create them. – Chris Grosser

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. – Henry David Thoreau

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. – Vidal Sassoon

Dream big, start small, act now. – Robin Sharma

Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise. – Frank Ocean

If you're not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary. – Jim Rohn

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. – Chinese Proverb

Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude. – Zig Ziglar

Hustle until your haters ask if you’re hiring. – Dwayne Johnson

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. – Walt Disney

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire and the size of your dream. – Robert Kiyosaki

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. – Jim Rohn

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. – Robert Collier

Winners are made in the off-season. – Tom Brady

An inch of progress each day makes a mile of difference in a year. – Robin Sharma

The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine. – Mike Murdock

Motivation gets you started. Habit keeps you going. – Jim Ryun

You don't have to be extreme, just consistent. – Robin Arzón

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time. – John C. Maxwell

The pain of discipline weighs ounces. The pain of regret weighs tons. – Peter Voogd

Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do. – Shaquille O’Neal

Do something today that your future self will thank you for. – Oprah Winfrey

Daily effort compounds into extraordinary results. – Naval Ravikant

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. – Pablo Picasso

Creativity takes courage. – Henri Matisse

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried. – Stephen McCranie

Every artist was first an amateur. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it. – Pablo Picasso

Art is never finished, only abandoned. – Leonardo da Vinci

The wound is the place where the light enters you. – Rumi

Creation requires preparation, patience, and persistence. – Mary Lou Cook

You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. – Maya Angelou

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together. – Vincent Van Gogh

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. – Stephen King

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. – Steve Jobs

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. – Henry Ford

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. – Thomas Edison

It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. – Bill Gates

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement. – C.S. Lewis

The moment you’re ready to quit is usually the moment right before the miracle happens. – Anonymous

Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success. – Arianna Huffington

Fall seven times, stand up eight. – Japanese Proverb

Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage. – Napoleon Hill

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. – Maya Angelou

When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what the storm is all about. – Haruki Murakami

Leadership is not about being in charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge. – Simon Sinek

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. – Henry Ford

None of us is as smart as all of us. – Ken Blanchard

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. – Michael Jordan

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. – Helen Keller

Teamwork makes the dream work. – John C. Maxwell

The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. – Phil Jackson

Leaders must be close enough to relate, far enough ahead to motivate. – John C. Maxwell

Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. – Mattie Stepanek

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. – John C. Maxwell

Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people. – Steve Jobs

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

Growth begins at the end of your comfort zone. – Neale Donald Walsch

You must do the thing you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Change your thoughts and you change your world. – Norman Vincent Peale

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it’s holy ground. There’s no greater investment. – Stephen Covey

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. – Jim Rohn

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

You grow through what you go through. – Robert Tew

Personal development is the foundation of all success. – Brian Tracy

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams. – Oprah Winfrey

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. – Theodore Roosevelt

You don’t have to be perfect to be amazing. – Unknown

Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction. – Unknown

Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done. – David Goggins

Someday is not a day of the week. – Janet Erskine Stuart

You were born to be real, not to be perfect. – Unknown

Dream it. Believe it. Build it. – Unknown

Grind now. Shine later. – Unknown

Make your fear of failure worse than your fear of not trying. – Eric Thomas

Be the kind of person your dog thinks you are. – Unknown

The comeback is always stronger than the setback. – Unknown

Keep going. Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. – Unknown

You didn’t come this far to only come this far. – Unknown

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal. – Earl Nightingale