Effort Quotes
A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself.
I realize I had to learn ... to stop chasing the perishable prizes of this earth ... and give my best effort unto God and trust Him with the results.
Blessings don’t come from outside, but from within. Whatever blessings we receive are the result of our own efforts and positive actions.
The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.
All my work, all my efforts, all my prayers and tears are for humanity, and the spread of peace and love among mankind.
Practise in everything a certain nonchalance that shall conceal design and show that what is done and said is done without effort and almost without thought.
The real Tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort-he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.
A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
The real juice of life, whether it be sweet or bitter, is to be found not nearly so much in the products of our efforts as in the process of living itself, in how it feels to be alive.
If the Lord is coming soon, is this not a very practical motive for greater missionary effort? I know of no other motive that has been so stimulating to myself.
My work on human capital began with an effort to calculate both private and social rates of return to men, women, blacks, and other groups from investments in different levels of education.
To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread.
Success at anything will always come down to this: focus & effort. And we control both.
He who is harmony with Nature hits the mark without effort and apprehends the truth without thinking.
I usually try to make my images look like they just exist, like no effort was put into it.
Never forget your manners. They go a long way in both your business and personal life. If you look and act like you are making an effort, it will be appreciated.
Looking effortless takes a lot of effort. When I get new Converse I dedicate some time at home to shoving mud on them so they don't look squeaky clean.
Whatever creative success I gained was due to my belief that creative power can be stepped up by effort, and that there are ways in which we can guide our creative thinking.
Anyone who studies declassified documents soon becomes aware that government secrecy is largely an effort to protect policy makers from scrutiny by citizens, not to protect the country from enemies.
Growing up, it was tough to balance, but looking back I appreciate my parents' efforts to make sure I was well-rounded.
The only effort worth making is the one it takes to learn the geography of one's own nature.
God has guarded His Word so that only the pure in heart can see its secrets. All other efforts will fail.
Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.
I explain the law of compensation like this: ‘Returns are minimal in spite of massive effort at the start, yet returns can be massive with minimal effort over time’.
Like I always say, it's a team effort. A lot of behind the scenes work goes in when we're at home.
The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrificing, and with extreme effort.
Whatever books you may read, you cannot realize the Divine merely by intellectual effort. Oneness can only be promoted by the practice of love.
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.
No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study it.
An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.
The more we make an effort to keep our thoughts positive, the more pleasurable our journey in life will be.
In the light of calm and steady self-awareness, inner energies wake up and work miracles without any effort on your part.
Foolishness is giving up without any effort or not giving up after putting in all your effort. Secret of freedom is putting all your effort and giving up!
It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great.
If you remove the English army to-morrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle, unless you set about the organisation of the Socialist Republic your efforts would be in vain.
Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.
Only when the mind is still, tranquil, not expecting or grasping or resisting a single thing, is it possible to see what is true. It is the truth that liberates, not your effort to be free.