Effort Quotes

It is not only possible to be the person you pretend to be, but there is less effort involved.

Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.

Though the barriers of life seem formidable, we find when we challenge them that they have no will.

We're certainly gonna keep our commitment to the American people to make every effort we can to repeal [Obamacare].

It stands, essentially, for the application of increased energy to the efforts already undertaken by my ministry since 1934 with the results shown in the above statistics.

The hand of little employment hath the daintier sense.

For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.

An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.

I look upon paradoxes as the impotent efforts of men who, not having capacity to draw attention and celebrity from good sense, fly to eccentricities to make themselves noted.

There's no taking trout with dry breeches.

We work for praise, and dawdle once we have it.

Efforts to preserve all industries will lower the national standard of living.

In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by the civilian leadership of the war effort.

But since September 11, we have made every effort to try to work closely with state and local law enforcement.

I have never been afraid of making patriots; but I disdain and despise all their efforts.

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.

Very few people are capable of sustained effort, and that's the reason why we have comparatively few outstanding successes.

We must remember, elections are short-term efforts. Revolutions are long-term projects.

Cambodia possesses now the rights to look far into the future and everything for making a future construction is waiting for the Cambodian own efforts.

In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn't certain about what their real aim was - nor am I now.

I make an active effort to remain a positive role model to kids. They need people to show them there's another way.

I can understand people simply fleeing the mountainous effort Christmas has become... but there are always a few saving graces and finally they make up for all the bother and distress.

Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity.

All our efforts to defeat poverty and pursue sustainable development will be in vain if environmental degradation and natural resource depletion continue unabated.

The victory one would gain after a whole life of work and effort is better than one that is gained sooner.

So, for me, working with larger companies has often been very satisfying, precisely because of the ability of bringing critical mass to bear on a given effort.

Courage is required to make an initial thrust towards ones coveted goal, But even greater courage is called for when one stumbles and must make a second effort to achieve.

America's wealth comes from the efforts of people striving for success. Take away their incentive with badmouthing success and you take away the wealth that helps us take care of the needy.

Truth matters. Everything we can do to find, feed, and strengthen it is worth the effort.

Nothing of significance was ever achieved by an individual acting alone. Look below the surface and you will find that all seemingly solo acts are really team efforts.

The most extraordinary thing about writing is that when you've struck the right vein, tiredness goes. It must be an effort, thinking wrong.

I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort.

You've got to go after your dreams. If you don't make an effort, nothing's ever going to change.

When I was a teenager, I learned that in order to play guitar like Johnny Ramone, it takes a huge amount of physical effort.

The world must become aware of the fantastic transformational power of social entrepreneurship and the Foundation will work as a catalyst in this effort.

Know what thou canst work at, and work at it like a Hercules.

...for a long time I wanted to become a theologian... now, however, behold how through my efforts God is being debated in astronomy.

Effort ceases. Time flaps on the mast. There we stop; there we stand. Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame

Aligning what you do with who you are requires commitment, effort, and perseverance. But the rewards are well worth it. Not only will it enhance the quality of your life, it may even prolong it.

Is there a meditation that is not the ego trying to become? Is meditation conscious if every effort implies time?

In the end you get what you deserve, the amount of effort you put in determines the amount of joy that you receive.

I really do try hard to be a good teammate. I can't run very fast, but I try to always run hard. I may strike out a lot, but I try to walk to set up the guys who are hitting after me.

The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years.

Life can be difficult for kids born with a gold spoon in their mouth, because they never really get to find out if they're able to work hard and make it on their own.

Gun control is part and parcel of the ongoing collectivist effort to eviscerate individual sovereignty and replace it with dependence upon and allegiance to the state.

The paintings may communicate even better because people are lazy and they can look at a painting with less effort than they can read a poem.

I worked hard. I worked late. I went in early. I did everything I could to gain an advantage.

Concentrate on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended.

The Tao of the sage is work without effort.