In life you reap what you sow, that means that if you don't sow, you ain't gonna reap anything.
I like the part where you mentioned that everything in life responds to effort. One thing about the life is that the things we desire will hardly gravitate towards us, we have to make the move first.

Having in mind that no one owes you anything except yourself, we make efforts towards achieving our set goals. Thanks for the encouragement.