Quotes About Extra Effort

#1. Let us all try to stand a little taller, rise a little higher, be a little better. Make the extra effort. You will be happier.

Gordon B. Hinckley

#2. Be a bit of a challenge; not because you're playing games but because you realize you're worth the extra effort.

Mandy Hale

#3. I do NOT think that PC gaming is over ... it will always be the choice of the gaming enthusiast who is willing to put in the extra effort for a richer, more rewarding experience.

Mike Wilson

#4. When I went in for the [ Embraced] DVD interviews, I thought, "Good lord, it's 17 years later!" I thought that maybe I should do my make-up differently and put extra effort in, or I'd look like a different human being. It's very strange.

Brigid Brannagh

#5. Getting healthy doesn't have to be a chore. The Five Rivers Journey requires minimal extra effort for the maximum results!

Dev Lahli

#6. Whereas a good player might do something really good in a game, a great player might do something two or three times in a row. That's what great players do, but they also work incredibly hard off the field in terms of the extra effort they've put into making sure their own performance gets better.

Warren Gatland

#7. Are you actullay thise stupid? Or are you just making an extra effort just for me?

Razi

#8. As humans we make mistakes, expect life to automatically meet all of our needs, and imagine our environment will stay wonderful without extra effort from us.

Catherine Basten

#9. You get so much out of the extra effort that you put into looking your best.

Dania Ramirez

#10. We can do things the cheap way, the simple way, for the short-term and without regard for the future. Or, we can make the extra effort, do the hard work, absorb the criticism and make decisions that will cause a better future.

Mike Rounds

#11. Realism is something we practice when we aren't feeling very well. When we don't feel up to the extra effort.

Robert Edmond Jones

#12. Making the extra effort to say thanks in a genuine, personal manner goes a long way. It is pleasurable to do, and it encourages more of the same good behavior.

Richard Branson

#13. The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#14. Good friendships are worth a little extra effort!

R.J. Palacio

#15. To get up when you are down, to fight more intensely when you are struggling; to put in the extra effort when you are in sheer pain, to comeback when nobody expects you to, and to stand tall when everyone is pulling you down are what make a champion

Apoorve Dubey

#16. Silence, when correctly timed, can speak multitudes of words to a person, without any extra effort on your part.

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

#17. The infrastructure of today's computing environment is for good or ill structured around the Windows operating system. Can you get around that? Yes you can, but you have to work harder to do that and most individuals and most corporations are not going to make that extra effort.

Mark Hall

#18. "Extra effort," in whatever form it takes (mental, physical, emotional), cannot be sustained without eventual damage and diminishing returns. There has to be a very acute awareness on your part as to the level of exertion and the toll it's taking on those you lead.

Bill Walsh

#19. The difference between good and great is just a little extra effort.

Duffy Daugherty

#20. Smile! It takes thirty-four muscles to frown and only thirteen to smile. Why make the extra effort?

Dorothea S. Kopplin

#21. A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horse is worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effort that separates the winner from the one in second place.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#22. It's the extra effort after you have done your best that creates victory.

Lou Holtz

#23. In every kind of endeavor, there are ample opportunities for extra effort. Grab those opportunities, embrace that extra effort and transform ordinary mediocrity into bright and shining excellence.

Ralph Marston

#24. Everyone works hard when they want to, when they get quick results, when it's convenient to put forth effort. The best work hard when they don't want to, when it's inconvenient to give it that little extra effort ... and that extra effort might be just what they need to place them on top.

Peter Vidmar

#25. If all you do is work, you're unlikely to have sound judgments. Your values and decision making wind up skewed. You stop being able to decide what's worth extra effort and what's not. And you wind up just plain tired. No one makes sharp decisions when tired.

Jason Fried

#26. Most people have a perception that winners are born great. Winners aren't born great. They have become great by the virtue of doing a little extra to achieve greatness. That little extra effort accumulates to one day giving them the winning results when compared to the ordinary efforts of others.

Kevin Abdulrahman

#27. I would do anything to keep looking the job. I think you make an extra effort if you're on show.

Joanna Lumley

#28. We all use texting as a crutch because it's so easy and it doesn't really stop our day for the most part but I think to assure a woman you want to go out, to see that you're serious, you take the extra effort to pick up the phone and make a phone call.

Michael B. Jordan

#29. When you've done all you can, do just a little bit more. Any extra effort you make will draw immense leverage from all the ordinary efforts which have preceded it. That can be powerful and effective.

Ralph Marston

#30. The bottom line is we must get off our duff and make an effort to succeed. Trust me on this, when you see someone successful in any of the arts they have been willing to make an extra effort.

Jack White

#31. Everything is possible in life only if you put a little extra effort".

Abdulazeez Henry Musa

#32. Never will I make that extra effort to live according to reality which alone makes good writing possible: hence the manic-depressiveness of my style, - which is either bright, cruel and superficial; or pessimistic; moth-eaten with self-pity

Cyril Connolly

#33. When you're busy, avoid taking the quickest action. Instead make the extra effort to truly serve the customer.

Marilyn Suttle

#34. Love is the extra effort we make in our dealings with those whom we do not like and once you understand that, you understand all. This idea that love overtakes you is nonsense. This is but a polite manifestation of sex. To love another you have to undertake some fragment of their destiny.

Quentin Crisp

#35. Almost everyone does just enough to get by. Those who achieve spectacular success also do enough to get by; then they add a little bit of extra effort. That little bit of extra effort makes an enormous difference.

Ralph Marston

#36. When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that ... the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.

Elbert Hubbard

#37. Relationships take time and energy, and your job kind of sucks that all out of you. It takes an extra effort to stay present in a relationship when you are working so many hours.

America Ferrera

#38. Over deliver in all you do and soon you will be rewarded for the extra effort.

Zig Ziglar

#39. Listen, I mean that from my knowledge of the world that I see around me, I think that it is much more likely that the reports of flying saucers are the results of the known irrational characteristics of terrestrial intelligence than of the unknown rational efforts of extra-terrestrial intelligence.

Richard P. Feynman

#40. Meaningful acts of leadership usually cause people to accept some short-term pain (extra cost or effort, delayed gratification) in order to increase the long-term benefit. We need leadership for this, because we all tend to be short-term thinkers.

Tom DeMarco

#41. I worked extra hard at my job in an effort to feel good about myself and keep depression from overtaking me. I attended the temple often. Those were things I could actually do, rather than just sit back in my misery and hope God would take it away. My

B. Russell McConkie

#42. I don't know about you, but all this modern technology that's supposed to save us time and effort has actually ended up making things more complicated in my life, eating up extra time.

Dean Karnazes

#43. Having to haul around extra poundage was far too much effort, so he saw to it that he never put it on and he kept himself in trim because doing things with decent muscles was far less effort than trying to achieve things with bags of flab.

Terry Pratchett

#44. 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.

Denis Waitley

#45. If your practice is good, you may become proud of it. What you do is good, but something more is added to it. Pride is extra. Right effort is to get rid of something extra.

Shunryu Suzuki

#46. Wine lovers know that putting some effort into understanding and appreciating wine pays big dividends. Skillful tasting unlocks wine's treasures. It adds an extra dimension to the basic routines of eating and drinking, turning a daily necessity into a celebration of life.

Marvin Shanken

#47. I'm convinced that the world, more than ever, needs the music only you can make. And if it takes extra courage to keep playing in spite of your loss, many will applaud the effort. And who knows? Others may be inspired to pick up their broken instruments, their broken lives, and begin again.

Steve Goodier

#48. When we love someone our love becomes demonstrable or real only through our exertion - through the fact that for that someone (or for ourself) we take an extra step or walk an extra mile. Love is not effortless. To the contrary, love is effortful.

M. Scott Peck

#49. The depth of our love can be measured by our efforts. We demonstrate our love when we take that extra step ...

Harville Hendrix

#50. There is never a traffic jam created from people going the extra mile

Jeff Dixon

#51. It's not how much you do, it's how often you do it. It simply doesn't matter if you make some monumental effort at any given time. You have it in your to give that extra little bit. You know that you could add that finishing touch. You know you can take that extra step.

Vince Poscente