Quotes About Effort

I'd rather they call me a national treasure than a national waste of time. And yes, it does feel good, but I've had to earn it.

You could be the best lyricist or rapper or songwriter, if you ain't mentally prepared to put in the work, it's a waste of time.

The best advice is to get on with it. I'm very prone to falling into depressions - not clinical, just 'can't be bothered.' It's such a waste of time.

Honestly, I think the combine is a waste of time. The effort should be in film watching, physicals, and mental evaluations.

Nothing is wasted.

Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing. This focus and intensity helps to eliminate wasted effort and distractions. Most companies die from indigestion rather than starvation, i.e., companies suffer from doing too many things at the same time rather than doing too few things very well.

Every day has to be a day that counts. It can't be a wasted day. I'm very dedicated to always keep doing something that I would consider good.

There are many of us thinking of one version of parallel universe theory or another. If it's all a lot of nonsense, then it's a lot of wasted effort going into this far-out idea. But if this idea is correct, it is a fantastic upheaval in our understanding.

No writing effort is ever wasted. At the very least, it's practice, and a writer never knows when he or she might usefully cannibalize an earlier effort for something new.

Everybody is struggling for the good things of the world, and all the arguments to prove that they are not desirable are worse than wasted.

No time you spend writing will be wasted - even if you write something that's bad.

For me, not making the playoffs is a wasted season, a waste of time.

I don't like to go through games not doing anything and then getting a goal. Obviously that's my job as a striker, but I feel almost wasted. I want to do more.

I am happy with my work and I think my hard work didn't get wasted.

Activism is wasteful.

Every effort needs to be made to try and offset the costs of Katrina and Rita by reductions in other government programs, especially those that are wasteful, duplicative and ineffective.

It's not leftovers that are wasteful, but those who either don't know what to do with them or can't be bothered.

Get proper training right from the beginning. It prevents injuries and avoids wasting your time with misdirected effort, which is what most people generally don't understand. Give it your all from day one.

You're never wasting your time as long as you learn from every single thing you do, whether you feel like those attempts are successful or not.

I'm tired of wasting letters when punctuation will do, period.

I've got a lot of natural talent, and I'm not wasting it.

Sometimes you can do a million songs, and if they're not good, you're just wasting your time.

It doesn't matter if it's platinum or 10-times platinum - it's a certification that lets me know that I'm not wasting my time in the studio. That being said, I don't let those certifications run my life.

There are things we control - but things that are not in control, no point wasting time and energy into that.