Quotes About Effort

I don't even know what 'working hard' means. If you get to sit behind a desk all day in an air-conditioned room, there's no such thing as hard work.

There are four-letter words you should never use in business. They're not fuck or shit. They're need, must, can't, easy, just, only, and fast.

Creativity, progress, and impact do not yield to brute force.

Sometimes abandoning what you're working on is the right move, even if you've already put in a lot of effort. Don't throw good time after bad work.

Berlin, "Try, Try Again, or Maybe Not," New

Easy is a word that's used to describe other people's jobs. "That should be easy for you to do, right?" But notice how rarely people describe their own tasks as easy.

The microwave oven is the consolation prize in our struggle to understand physics.

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do everyday.

What does it feel like to get out of bed in the morning? It feels like pulling a sequoia out of the earth with your bare hands.

The horn . . . is the joint hardest instrument to learn. . . . (The other is the oboe).

Sólo el primer paso cuesta. Quizá se podría decir eso de todo, o de la mayoría de los esfuerzos y de lo que se hace con desagrado o repugnancia o reservas, es muy poco lo que se acomete sin ninguna reserva, casi siempre hay algo que nos induce a no actuar y a no dar ese paso, a no salir de casa y no movernos, a no dirigirnos a nadie y a evitar que otros nos hablen, nos miren, nos digan.

Lo que importó ya no importa o muy poco, y para ese poco hay que hacer un esfuerzo;

Ah, señor! —le dijo—. En esa situación, sólo el primer paso cuesta.

Do Your Best, Let God Do The Rest

Go the extra mile, it's rarely crowded.

Set wasn't interested in ruling the galaxy. Or destroying the Jedi. It sounded like a lot of work.

A tool is of no use if you never pick it up. - Jedi Master Gnost Dural

A problem is a chance for you to do your best

Going to school- picking an apple Getting an education- eating it

Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.

First you burrow. Then you beg.

See if you can give much more attention to the doing than to the result that you want to achieve through it.

We are also learning that action, although necessary, is only a secondary factor in manifesting our external reality. The primary factor in creation is consciousness. No matter how active we are, how much effort we make, our state of consciousness creates our world, and if there is no change on that inner level, no amount of action will make any difference. We would only re-create modified versions of the same world again and again, a world that is an external reflection of the ego.

So do not be concerned with the fruit of your action — just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord.