Quotes About Effort

I hope that people look at my whole career and appreciate that I've given everything that I've got.

You're a terrible cook, Daniel." "I know," he replied, "But it's the effort that counts." "I hope that's not the slogan for your dental practice.

Hope is a start. But hope needs action to win victories

I will not fail,' the water bearer's daughter vowed. 'But worse than failing is not to try at all. For then there can be no hope of success.

When you sign on to do a job, you hope you'll be able to get it done. But that's not always in your control.

The downstream effects are unknown. Do your best and hope for the best. If you're improving the world-however you define that-consider your job well done.

China spends a lot of resources and effort on gaining soft power over culture. The hope is that it can be the last lifeline for the Party's survival. Obviously, the idea will fail.

What one gets, I hope, is that all you can do is the best you can do.

Hope is man's inner effort.

Doing stuff never feels as good as you hope it will feel.

If you are in a remote desert island, let your best hope be your own efforts to build a ship instead of waiting for a ship to appear among the fogs!

Just put your best foot forward and hope for the best. You also have to acknowledge that you're going to make mistakes.

There is always a gap between conception and execution. We keep writing in the burning hope of closing that gap before we die.

A practice of giving [it] your best, means you don't just have to hope for it.

...when we feel powerless, we stop trying to find a better way.

I have no idea if world peace is attainable. But aiming for it is.

...what makes humanity beautiful is our free will, our individuality, our endless striving in spite of our imperfection. BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON Chapter 27 Page 214

I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is illiterate children.

Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful.

I tried to like it. For me, it was like being smacked around the head by a piece of IKEA furniture: it hurts, but you've got to admire the workmanship.

I tried to throw a yo-yo away. It was impossible.

My legs tired, ain't your legs tired!? His legs ain't Tired! He Just... Tinktinktinktinktinktink, TinktinkTinktinkTinktink!! Just paperclips and Sparks everywhere!

It's never just a game when you're winning.

Doing is better than not doing, and if you do something badly you'll learn to do it better.