Quotes About Effort

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Do all the work you can; that is the whole philosophy of the good way of life

Trying is the first step to failure

Such is an actor's life. We must ride the waves of every film, barfing occasionally, yet maintain our dignity, even as the bulk of our Herculean efforts are keel-hauled before our very eyes. [On filming MacHale's Navy]

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life.

You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play.

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 making of bread.

Everywhere in life the true question is, not what we have gained, but what we do.

You only live once - but if you work it right, once is enough.

Business is the salt of life

In vain we chisel, as best we can, the mysterious block of which our life is made, the black vein of destiny reappears continually.

In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is:hit the line hard.

As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.

The action required to sustain human life is primarily intellectual: everything man needs has to be discovered by his mind and produced by his effort.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

Do your best every day and your life will gradually expand into satisfying fullness.

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.

Life is like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.

Life, like a mirror, never gives back more than we put into it.

Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

I'm still running against the wind Well I'm older now and still Against the wind

If you see a whole thing - it seems that it's always beautiful. Planets, lives... But up close a world's all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life's a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern.

Life does not require us to make good; it asks only that we give our best at each level of experience.