Effort

• “My personal rule is “Get it 80 percent right and then correct it later.” Run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes. Don’t expect perfection the first time or even the first few times. Be prepared to fail over and over before you get it right.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 58
• “Here are the four ACID test questions to see if your goal will do the job of getting you to do the work necessary to make it a reality. 1. Is the goal in alignment with my values? 2. Do I have or can I develop the capacity to accomplish this goal? 3. Am I Inspired to do whatever it takes to achieve this goal? 4. Do I have the Determination to overcome inevitable adversity and setbacks? If you can honestly answer these four questions in the affirmative you are assured your efforts will pay off.” Go for the Goal Kindle Loc. 21-27
• “The old saying, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again,” is so true. It doesn’t mean beat yourself up and try the same old way again. It means recognize your error and try another way — until you learn to do it correctly.”  You Can Heal Your Life (Louise Hay) Page 109
• “And remember this one last thing. There’s only one guy here in this room who knows whether you’re going to make it, or fail. And that’s you. Go to it, gentlemen. And always give it everything.”Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 (Luttrell, Marcus) page 123
• “I had been raised with resiliency and the ability to regroup. Whenever I suffered a setback, I put my life in perspective: I wasn’t a starving peasant in Darfur. I didn’t have cancer. Instead, I lived in the free, democratic, and prosperous United States in the most technologically advanced time in history. There is, therefore, no excuse but to keep trying to make a difference in the world.”  The Agent: My 40-Year Career Making Deals and Changing the Game (Steinberg, Leigh;Arkush, Michael)–page 140
• “God’s desire that Latter-day Saints keep on trying also extends beyond overcoming sin. Whether we suffer because of troubled relationships, economic challenges, or illnesses or as a consequence of someone else’s sins, the Savior’s infinite Atonement can heal even—and perhaps especially—those who have innocently suffered. He understands perfectly what it is like to suffer innocently as a consequence of another’s transgression. As prophesied, the Savior will “bind up the brokenhearted, … give … beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, [and] the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.” 9 No matter what, with His help, God expects Latter-day Saints to keep on trying.”  Dale G. Renlund, April 2015 General Conference
• Alma 17:33…And those men again stood to scatter their flocks; but Ammon said unto his brethren: Encircle the flocks round about that they flee not; and I go and contend with these men who do scatter our flocks.
• “Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that is counted counts” Anonymous
• “All that is required of us to make us perfectly safe under all circumstances of trouble or persecution, is to do the will of God, to be honest, faithful and to keep ourselves devoted to the principles that we have received; do right one by another; trespass upon no man’s rights; live by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God and his Holy Spirit will aid and assist us under all circumstances, and we will come out of the midst of it all abundantly blessed in our houses, in our families, in our flocks, in our fields and in every way God will bless us. He will give us knowledge upon knowledge, intelligence upon intelligence, wisdom upon wisdom.” Manual, Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow, Chapter 7, Faithfulness in Time of Trial from the Shadows into the Glorious Sunshine
• “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect [Matthew 5:48.]. I believe the Lord meant just what He said, that we should be perfect, as our Father in heaven is perfect. That will not come all at once, but line upon line and precept upon precept, example upon example, and even then not as long as we live in this mortal life, for we will have to go even beyond the grave before we reach that perfection and shall be like God.” Manual, Teachings, Chapter 18 Living by Every Word That Proceeds from the Mouth of God
• “This counsel was representative of President Hinckley’s approach to life. President Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles shared the following observation about President Hinckley and his wife, Marjorie: They do not waste time pondering the past or fretting about the future. And they persevere in spite of adversity. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, also of the Quorum of the Twelve, commented: Things will work out may well be President Hinckley’s most repeated assurance to family, friends, and associates. Keep trying, he will say. Be believing. Be happy. Don’t get discouraged. Things will work out.” – Gordon B. Hinckley
• “There is a terrible ailment of pessimism in the land. It’s almost endemic. We’re constantly fed a steady and sour diet of character assassination, faultfinding, evil speaking of one another. I come with a plea that we stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight. I’m suggesting that we accentuate the positive. I’m asking that we look a little deeper for the good, that we still our voices of insult and sarcasm, that we more generously compliment virtue and effort.” Manual, Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley, Chapter 3, Cultivating an Attitude of happiness and a Spirit of  Optimism