What some really hard workers have to say about effort....

 ― "Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted." - David Bly, American politician (1952- )

― "Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work." - Stephen King, American novelist (1947- )

― "Nothing will work unless you do." - John Wooden, American college basketball coach (1910-2010)

― "You just don't luck into things. You build them step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities." - Barbara Bush, American first lady (1925- ) 

― "Without labor nothing prospers." - Sophocles, Greek playwright (B.C. 496-406)

― "Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you." - Arnold Palmer, American professional golfer (1929- )

― "Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds‘ worth of distance run." - Rudyard Kipling, British novelist (1865-1936)

― "The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day." - Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player (1961- )

― "Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory." - Mohandas Gandhi, Indian religious leader (1869-1948)

― "The world belongs to the energetic." - Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher (1803-1882)