Effort Quotes
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"All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"If you're not gonna go all the way, why go at all?"
"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."
"Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today."
"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."
"To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness."
"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."
"It's no use saying, "We are doing our best."You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."
"The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind."
"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."
"Determination, effort, and practice are rewarded with success."
"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."
"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."
"He is beginning to master wisdom when he tries to learn how not to try."
"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."
"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."
"Sometimes being happy takes effort. Invest time and energy in yourself and your happiness."
"Nu mai trăim un prezent placid, ci suntem prinși cu toții în efortul de a ne pregăti permanent pentru viitor."
"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."
"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."
"Without balance, a life is no longer worth the effort."
"Not all doors open in the same direction and with the same effort!"
"Healey’s First Law Of Holes: When in one, stop digging."
"humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift."
"All the things that are worth doing, take time."
"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."
"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."
"The good life doesn't knock on the door. Joy is a job."
"Your fate is never determined when your massive imagination is."
"Don't expect a man will try any harder to keep you than he did to get you."
"The quality of life that you have is determined solely by the effort you put into giving your life value, purpose and a reason."
"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."
"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."
"Part-time effort means part-tim results."
"As Henry Moore carvedor modelled his sculpture every day,he strove to surpass Donatello4. and failed, but woke the next morningelated for another try."
"Faith in Jesus Christ is a continuous effort."
"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."
"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."
"It's no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."
"Every effort to impact someone or a generation will go a long way beyond human imaginations."
"Acquiring knowledge is the most fruitful effort."
"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."
"Is the any success without an effort?"
"I yearn not for the easy path, but for the right path. For 'easy' and 'right' are rarely compatible."
"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."
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