Effort Quotes

"All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired."

Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

"I make love like the 13th floor is the 14th floor of a hotel. I give it that little extra that takes it to a whole new level."

Jarod Kintz

"People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely. It's too easy not to make the effort, then weep and wring your hands after the person dies."

Haruki Murakami

"Never give up. It's like breathing—once you quit, your flame dies letting total darkness extinguish every last gasp of hope. You can't do that. You must continue taking in even the shallowest of breaths, continue putting forth even the smallest of efforts to sustain your dreams. Don't ever, ever, ever give up."

Richelle E. Goodrich

"If you're not gonna go all the way, why go at all?"

Joe Namath

"It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs."

Jillian Michaels

"Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today."

Tim Fargo

"It is not given to us to know what difference we can make, and perhaps we can make no difference at all. But that is no reason not to make the attempt,"said Saliman quietly. "The Light shines more brightly in the darkness."

Alison Croggon

"To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness."

Bertrand Russell

"The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte."

Vera Nazarian

"It's no use saying, "We are doing our best."You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."

Winston Churchill

"The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind."

Mary Shelley

"Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it."

Samuel Johnson

"‎Determination, effort, and practice are rewarded with success."

Mary Lydon Simonsen

"No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best."

Robert McKee

"In the game of life, we all receive a set of variables and limitations in the field of play. We can either focus on the lack thereof or empower ourselves to create better realities with the pieces we play the game with."

T.F. Hodge

"He is beginning to master wisdom when he tries to learn how not to try."

Paul Brunton

"A focused Mind is a result Of a little Effort To tell Your Distractions To sleep for A couple of hours While you are at WORK."

Sujit Lalwani

"Do not let your good ideas to spend your brain energy, do it with all the effort because the shadow of the success can become a reality only with hard work."

Isra

"Sometimes being happy takes effort. Invest time and energy in yourself and your happiness."

Amy Leigh Mercree

"Nu mai trăim un prezent placid, ci suntem prinși cu toții în efortul de a ne pregăti permanent pentru viitor."

Jean-Claude Carrière

"I think that in our earlier history--the Gettysburg Address or something--there was the conscious sense that democracy was an achievement. It was not simply the most efficient modern system or something. It was something that people collectively made and they understood that they held it together by valuing it."

Marilynne Robinson

"The same thing that makes friendship so valuable is what makes it so tenuous: it is purely voluntary. You enter into it freely, without the imperatives of biology or the agenda of desire. Officially, you owe each other nothing."

Tim Kreider, We Learn Nothing

"Without balance, a life is no longer worth the effort."

Olen Steinhauer, The Tourist

"Not all doors open in the same direction and with the same effort!"

Jasleen Kaur Gumber

"Healey’s First Law Of Holes: When in one, stop digging."

Denis Healey

"humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift."

John Piper

"All the things that are worth doing, take time."

Mos Def

"A seeker of radical strenght Keeps everything on track, Feeble force yields at length, Not sure where to go back. When one can't find courage, And all the efforts seem vain, It's advised to fight like a sage: Be powerful like a bullet train! Too much work and no play Can make a brain go astray! Determined to live and stay Can lead life into a long way."

Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

"When you fall short of your goals and dreams ask yourself is it your mindset, perspective, expectations, effort, approach, acceptance, company or a blend of these that needs to change."

Rasheed Ogunlaru

"The good life doesn't knock on the door. Joy is a job."

Lionel Shriver

"Your fate is never determined when your massive imagination is."

Curtis Tyrone Jones

"Don't expect a man will try any harder to keep you than he did to get you."

Angela N. Blount, Once Upon a Road Trip

"The quality of life that you have is determined solely by the effort you put into giving your life value, purpose and a reason."

Steven Redhead, The Solution

"Weakness drives us to set goals, to try harder, to put forth more effort, to dream and wish and hope, to reach out further and down deeper, to pray earnestly, to cry mightily, to understand and empathize with valid sincerity. In truth, weakness is a catalyst for greater strength."

Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons

"You can't enjoy sipping of success without first enduring failure's fire"

Phillip Gary Smith, 300-Mile Man: Tuscobia, Arrowhead, Actif Epica

"Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we no longer part of the effort. In death we become heroes."

Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

"Part-time effort means part-tim results."

Tony Curl

"As Henry Moore carvedor modelled his sculpture every day,he strove to surpass Donatello4. and failed, but woke the next morningelated for another try."

Donald Hall

"Faith in Jesus Christ is a continuous effort."

Lailah Gifty Akita

"Of course, in fairness, I must remind you of this: that we writers are the most lily-livered of all craftsmen. We expect more, for the most peewee efforts, than any other people."

Brenda Ueland, If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit

"The distance between your Dreams and Reality is inversely proportional to your Efforts."

Vineet Raj Kapoor

"In business, sport, entertainment and beyond an idea is worth next to nothing. The energy, effort, passion, talent, tenacity, strategy, resilience and resourcefulness to see it through and make something of it is worth everything."

Rasheed Ogunlaru

"It's no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."

Winston S. Churchill

"Every effort to impact someone or a generation will go a long way beyond human imaginations."

Sunday Adelaja, The Mountain of Ignorance

"Acquiring knowledge is the most fruitful effort."

Eraldo Banovac

"In this world, it is a great Self-effort to deliberately remain ignorant despite knowing, right? I deliberately remain ignorant in spite of having the Knowledge."

Dada Bhagwan

"Is the any success without an effort?"

Lailah Gifty Akita

"I yearn not for the easy path, but for the right path.  For 'easy' and 'right' are rarely compatible."

Craig D. Lounsbrough

"Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that."

Germany Kent

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