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Quotes About Effort

There is only one way to learn," the alchemist answered. "It's through action.
~ Paulo Coelho
Keep the bicycle moving, because if you stop pedalling, you will fall off.
~ Paulo Coelho
Va' a prendere le tue cose, ha detto. I sogni richiedono fatica.
~ Paulo Coelho
Yang menjaga kehidupan terus bergulir bukanlah perjuangan manusia dalam mencari kenikmatan, melainkan usaha mereka untuk melepaskan segala hal yang mereka anggap penting.
~ Paulo Coelho
Each session do as few or as many exercises as you wish but do not work equally hard on every one of them. For example, on Monday do a lot of sets of the bent press, on Tuesday skip the bent press or take it easy and work hard on snatches, etc. Do not be overly pedantic about the order. Just do not do one pet feat at the expense of everything else all the time. Also, do not be afraid to make some workouts relatively easier than others.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
You are to do nothing else during this practice—only lift the kettlebell and move for active recovery. There is no chatting, looking at members of the opposite sex, watching TV, fooling around with your phone (absolutely no phone), taking a drink of water, or going to the bathroom. Just training. Your session is barely half an hour long; stay focused.
~ Pavel Tsatsouline
When people work beyond their destiny, all they do fails.
~ Pearl S. Buck
It is easy to destroy but hard to create. Remember that, when you want to destroy something." The
~ Pearl S. Buck
We can make ourselves miserable, or we can make ourselves strong. The amount of effort is the same. Right
~ Pema Chodron
What I have realized through practicing is that practice isn't about beng the best horse or the good horse or the poor horse or the worst horse.
~ Pema Chodron
We can make ourselves miserable or we can make ourselves strong. The amount of effort is the same.
~ Pema Chodron
We can make ourselves miserable, or we can make ourselves strong. The amount of effort is the same. Right now we are creating our state of mind for tomorrow, not to mention this afternoon, next week, next year, and all the years of our lives.
~ Pema Chodron
We must reinforce argument with results.
~ Booker T. Washington
The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?
~ Johann Lamont
If the argument is that failure helps you succeed, well, so does success and it's quicker. This suggests at least one reason for trying to succeed.
~ Norman Geras
It may seem difficult at first, but everything is difficult at first.
~ Miyamoto Musashi
If words were adequate to describe fully what the dance can do, there would be no reason for all the mighty muscular effort, the discomfort, the sweat and the splendors of that art.
~ Unknown
Don't wait for inspiration. It comes while one is working.
~ Henri Matisse
Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.
~ Jose Ortega y Gasset
The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.
~ J. Paul Getty
Blood is just red sweat.
~ Enson Inoue
All great works of art are trophies of victorious struggle.
~ Julius Meier-Graefe
Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.
~ Gian Carlo Menotti
If you train 100% the result will be 100%.
~ Anderson Silva