Quotes About Effortless

Extravagant spending was a peculiar weakness of the Russian aristocracy. It derived in part from foolishness, and in part from the habits of a class whose riches had arrived through little effort and at fantastic speed. Much of this wealth was in the form of Imperial grants designed to create a superb court that would compare with Versailles or Potsdam.

Recall the pure joy of riding on a backyard swing: and easy cycle of motion, the momentum coming from the swing itself. Then swing carries us; we do not force it. We pump our legs to drive our arc higher, but gravity does most of the work. We are not so much swinging as being swung.

To be rid of our individuality, which is our will, which is our effort—to live effortless, a kind of conscious sleep—that is very beautiful, I think—that is our after-life-our immortality.

A vast amount of preparation, really, to arrive at the innocuously brief moment of decisive action: the cut—the moment of transition from one shot to the next—something that, appropriately enough, should look almost self-evidently simple and effortless, if it is even noticed at all.

The operation of His life in us is in a true sense spontaneous, that is to say, it is without effort of ours. The all-important rule is not to "try," but to "trust," not to depend upon our own strength, but upon His. For it is the flow of life which reveals what we truly are "in Christ." It is from the Fountain of Life that the sweet water issues.

We don't have to do anything to be our True Self. It just is. If we simply let it be, it will express itself with no particular effort on our part. Indeed, any effort is usually in denying our awareness and expression of it.

he could do everything, but he did it in a brilliant offhand way, he was irresponsibility itself, nothing was durable.

And yet the most valuable things are attained with the least effort. But one does not realize their importance. One would rather have something which is attained with a great effort

Rest requires us to give up any ideas about control: controlling our experiences, controlling our feelings and controlling how we rest. Rest is fundamentally effortless and detached from experience.

My skill level is so high I do things I don't even try to do.

Yeah. My skill level is so high I do things I don't even try to do.

To create a beautiful thing with unlimited money is easy!

What I got, unconsciously, from admiring Fred Astaire was that he didn't want what he was doing to look difficult. What was difficult, in my opinion, was making it look so genuine, so effortless. I equally have tried to remain unseen on the screen.

Whoever works for God, his work will be done by itself.

What is the worth of a happiness for which you must strive and work? Real happiness is spontaneous and effortless.

In the light of calm and steady self-awareness, inner energies wake up and work miracles without any effort on your part.

When you work with somebody you have chemistry with, it's easy and it's fun. You hardly call it work.

I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.

Make a painting you can work on for a long period, and make it look like it doesn't show any effort.

Keeping the mind happy makes work effortless. This is the skill for productivity!

It's always been great to be onstage. It's really effortless up there. It's not a lot of work.

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.

I find the Alexander Technique very helpful in my work. Things happen without you trying. They get to be light and relaxed. You must get an Alexander teacher to show it to you.

To play so as to be relaxed and refreshed for work is not to play, and no work is well and finely done unless it, too, is a form of play.