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Quotes about Effort — 17 Timeless Lines

17 quotes about effort, arranged the way they appear in Quote 2048: from the lightest line on the 2 tile to the crown quote on the 2048 tile, and on to 131072 in the app.

All quotes come from public-domain works or traditional proverbs; attributions were checked against their sources.

1. 2

   Heaven helps those who help themselves

   — Proverb

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2. 4

   Ten strikes fell any tree

   — Proverb

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3. 8

   Sweat never betrays you

   — Traditional

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4. 16

   Effort's honest, results aren't

   — Proverb

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5. 32

   Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration

   — Edison

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6. 64

   Ceaseless effort brings success

   — Traditional

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7. 128

   Diligence is the mother of good luck

   — Benjamin Franklin

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8. 256

   Study like digging a well, go all the way

   — Traditional

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9. 512

   Half-steps accumulate into a thousand miles

   — Xunzi

   Original · Classical Chinese不積跬步無以至千里

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10. 1024

    If I stop, I stop myself

    — Confucius

    Original · Classical Chinese止吾止也

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11. 2048👑 Crown quote

    Focus the mind; nothing stays undone

    — Zhu Xi

    Original · Classical Chinese精神一到，何事不成

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12. Levels 4096–131072 continue in the app.
13. 4096

    Work conquers all

    — Virgil

    Original · LatinLabor omnia vincit.

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14. 8192

    Genius is a transcendent capacity for taking trouble

    — Carlyle

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15. 16384

    Before excellence, the gods have placed sweat

    — Hesiod

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16. 32768

    Whoever strives with all his might, him we can redeem

    — Goethe

    Original · GermanWer immer strebend sich bemüht, den können wir erlösen.

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17. 65536

    We dare not, and so things are hard

    — Seneca

    Original · LatinNon quia difficilia sunt non audemus, sed quia non audemus difficilia sunt.

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18. 131072

    They can because they think they can

    — Virgil

    Original · LatinPossunt, quia posse videntur.

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