Effort Quotes

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.

The United States of America has no intention of finishing second in space. This effort is expensive-but it pays its way for freedom and for America.

If after so much effort and prayer, the matter is not successful, it will be a clear sign that God does not will it.

We're not going to pay attention to the silliness and the petty comments. And quite frankly, women have joined me in this effort, and so it's not about appearances. It's about effectiveness.

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

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

That's what I try to do each and every week is give my best effort and not give up, no matter what comes at us.

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.

If you want to conquer pride, do not say that your deed was done by your hands and might; say that with God's help and guidance it was done, not by my power and efforts.

There is no effort without error or shortcoming.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

The day you realize that your efforts and rewards are not related, it really frees up your calendar.

We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in the community from which they have been displaced.

I also want to thank Arizona citizens for their efforts at conserving energy last summer.

Like your weight set-point, which keeps the scale hovering around the same number, your happiness set-point will remain the same unless you make a concerted effort to change it.

Leaders at the highest levels of our government are undertaking a deliberate and systematic effort to redefine our government, our economy and our country.

There is an easiness in salvation which is more difficult to us than all our efforts.

If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing twice.

I have been working, as emergency relief coordinator, on an international scale, very hard to build a wider alliance of partners in assistance efforts.

Work requires effort. Things we love to do feel effortless. Only do the things you love and you'll never have to work again.

Sometimes when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work's going to pay off.

There is only one thing in life you can control: Your own effort.

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Those that spend the most effort in search of shortcuts are often the most disappointed and the least successful.

Remember that whatever anyone does, it is an effort to meet a need.

Ads represent the main channel of intellectual and artistic effort in the modern world.

I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious.

No one becomes pure and selfless overnight; it involves time and concentrated effort, coupled with tremendous patience and love.