Effort Quotes

The finest flowers are those transplanted, for transplanting means difficulty, a readjusting to new conditions, and through the effort put forth to find adjustment does the plant progress.

If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.

Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.

This food-and-shelter theory concerning man's efforts is without insight. The desire for praise is more imperative than the desire for food and shelter

We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.

The best things in life must come by effort from within, not by gifts from the outside.

It's simply not enough to just show up and do your work. Superior performance is not, never has been, nor will it ever be, the by-product of ordinary efforts.

One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.

Government, like any other organism, refuses to acquiesce in its own extinction. This refusal, of course, involves the resistance to any effort to diminish its powers and prerogatives.

All happiness is built upon small efforts.

With acting, you have to take it seriously because the other actors are putting in a lot of effort - and if you say, 'I'm just bullshitting here', it's like dissing 'em.

It is not easy to make an effort and to remember all the little personalia of some one one has loved very much, and by whom one has been loved.

Intelligence is the effort to do the best you can at your particular job; the quality that gives dignity to that job, whether it happens to be scrubbing a floor or running a corporation.

I've learned that if you want people to join in any kind of conservation effort, you have to help them to care with their hearts, not just their heads.

I'm a dad now and whatever I'm doing in life I usually put a lot of effort into it - usually too much effort, so it kind of comes off ridiculous at times.

Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort.

[Ashcroft vowed to] spare no effort to preserve the rights of all our citizens to pledge allegiance to the American flag.

Practice the 101 Percent Principle. Whenever possible, find the 1 percent you do agree on in a difficult situation, and give it 100 percent of your effort.

I think that the quality of all bands is steadily improving and it is a pleasant thought to me that perhaps the efforts of Sousa's Band have quickened that interest and improved that quality.

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort.

Sanctification is not by surrender, but by divinely enabled toil and effort.

I pranced around the room like a blind moose, but what I lacked in grace I made up for in effort.

That's the mistake women make - you shouldn't see your makeup. We don't want to look like we've made an effort.

Effort is not a means to lead us to happiness. Effort itself is happiness

Make an effort to collect the good features from many beautiful faces.

The more effort we make to appreciate and perceive reality, the larger and more accurate our maps will be. But many do not want to make this effort.

But you can wake a man only if he is really asleep. No effort that you make will produce any effect upon him if he is merely pretending sleep.

We could focus our efforts on discovering solutions that work uniquely for us.

A sense of absurdity interferes with my efforts to appear venerable.

CAN is 100 times more important than IQ

Your own efforts "did not bring it to pass," only God-but rejoice if God found a use for your efforts in His work.

You don't need great skill to be a tough rebounder; being a rebounder is all about effort, determination, and physicality

There's no expert on this planet who says that the government telling people what to do actually does any good with this issue, this is going to require an effort on everyone's part.

Ideas don’t make money, effort does.

I was honored when [Donald Trump] asked me to chair the transition effort.

Nothing can be 100 percent sustainable, but every effort makes an impact.

Even small efforts to bring about a change in the social fabric eventually reap large fruits.

Trust in God and destroy fear, which paralyzes all efforts to succeed and attracts the very thing you fear.

I believe in a free society, where aspiration and effort can make the difference in every life. Where your starting point is not your destiny and where your first chance is not your only chance.

Indigenous languages are Canada's national treasures. They are our identity. We simply have to put greater effort into rejuvenating and revitalizing them. It is key to moving forward.

The greater I am, the greater shall be my efforts.

Every time a child is saved from the dark side of life, every time one of us makes the effort to make a difference in a child's life, we add light and healing to our own lives.

I personally don't believe anything is impossible. With enough determination and effort, almost everything is possible.

Anyone who makes an effort at whatever they hope to accomplish can, and will, seriously improve their chances of succeeding.

Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.

Yes, to be a good parent, you have to sacrifice, but this is not a requirement of parenting, it is a requirement of being good at something.

No matter what it is, if you aren't happy striving for it, you won't be happy achieving it.

The trick to getting ahead is to give it the same effort you give to getting even.

Not surprisingly, extensive effort in Britain and America goes into finding tax shelter. the system is "efficient" for the shelter industry, not for the economy.

When things go wrong, your best recovery effort is required. But don't just provide the missing piece (that's the recovery), also provide uniquely personal assistance (that's the memorable effort).