Quotes About Effort

We like to praise birds for flying. But how much of it is actually flying, and how much of it is just sort of coasting from the previous flap?

tried to straighten it. "I must look a mess," she said and smiled.

Escape from delusion is not achieved through reflective, considerate, relaxed effort. It is achieved only through the most powerful and sustained thrust of all the physical and mental capabilities at the meditator's command. Sunlun calls for just this.

Two qualities are at the root of all meditation development: right effort and right aim—arousing effort to aim the mind toward the object.

They're talking about Kobe and how great it is that he's playing with the team. Well, isn't that what you're supposed to do? Now he's the savior because he's playing that way? He's no god. He does what he's supposed to be doing, which is what we learned in kindergarten. Share the ball and play. And that's what we do better than they do

And you know what the worst thing was? The worst thing was that nobody ever believed how hard we tried.

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Good luck is a residue of preparation.

Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.

Nothing was ever easy or simple, not one blasted thing.

The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

There's a lot of trust being built up. I think we have a lot of work ahead of us.

GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU HAVE, AND THE BEST WILL COME BACK TO YOU. —ELLA WHEELER WILCOX, AUTHOR AND POET

Nothing is like a quarter-mile sprint. All muscle and breath and power. And then it's over and you got a thing behind you—another race you can clock among your races.

Simple English is no one's mother tongue. It has to be worked for.

All religions, nearly all philosophies, and even a part of science testify to the unwearying, heroic effort of mankind desperately denying its contingency.

The moment a team member relaxes is the moment their opponent in the next garage or the next driver on the track is pushing harder.

The man who does only as much as is needed will only get that much.

Our lives become beautiful not because we are perfect. Our lives become beautiful because we put our heart into what we are doing.

The ones who win usually don't need the prize.

Coach huddled the team together. "You ladies should be very proud," he told them. "I know it wasn't a win, but I saw some wonderful teamwork, and you're all getting out of your comfort zones. Great job,

It's the sad thing about entertainment, it's not always about who is the best.

You do not fail when you try, you fail when you do not try."

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it.