Quotes About Effort

I've earned every stripe that I've gotten. I've earned every playing time.

If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence.

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.

Nobody wants to be depressed - everybody's trying to feel better; when they strive and fail, it's all the more poignant.

Don't strive to be perfect. Strive for excellence.

Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.

You work and strive to be an actor and you can get better at it and enjoy it. But you can't be good at fame or enjoy it. Some people do, some people don't.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

Even though you strive for perfection, you're never going to play the perfect game.

It's hard to be perfect, but that's something we try to strive for.

I'll continue to strive for success and be the best that I can be.

The greatest lesson I've learned is that you have to fight and continue to strive for greatness, as nothing great ever comes easily.

I'm not perfect, but I strive for it.

I think 'destined for greatness,' for me, is digging deep inside and knowing that I will always strive to be the best person I can possibly be and effect change in a positive way.

To be challenged means to strive. I'm almost certain that's true.

For some reason I have always lived my life trying to make things slightly harder for myself rather than slightly easier. I think that's why I like the Spartans. I like the idea that you get much more satisfaction if you strive for it.

Our cast and crew strive for this show after show hard as they can. It shows in the finished product.

Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing.

Strive for perfection. Nobody's going to be perfect on this earth. But strive for perfection.

I'm not a very good dancer. My feet don't point far enough; my extension is embarrassing. Dance, for me, has been hard because it's a strive for perfection.

I always say, 'There's a difference between cooked food and McDonald's.' Your mom's homemade dinner - you enjoy this more than you enjoy the fast food that comes along and goes, and I strive to make homemade dinner every time I put out an album.

I don't want to take names, but there are some people who get everything served on a platter. This is a movie, this is your role, and you have to do it. Some people have to strive so hard to reach where they have and want to.

We can't control everything in our lives. Sometimes you're No. 2, 3, 4 or 5. That doesn't matter. What matters is that you strive to be No. 1.

I know perfection in this game is very hard to do and pretty much impossible, but it's what I strive for because I think it's what you should do as a quarterback and as a leader.