Quotes About Effort

My ambition is to do a good job. I never plan anything.

I learned the mechanics of how to fly a plane, but I never lifted a plane off the ground.

My job is to give my best, and where my journey would take me is something that I have left to God. I am not much of a planner; I am more of a doer.

The key to a successful Thanksgiving is planning. Know what needs to get done, when it needs to be done, and how much effort and time it's going to take you.

I'm not planning on doing anything other than trying to be as best I can.

I am not disposed to complain that I have planted and others have gathered the fruits.

And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's just been so worth the effort. It's like I'm planting a garden in my head.

My feeling was, you plant some seeds. If they grow, great; if they don't, you don't take it personally. Not my problem; I just kept planting. Just like a farmer.

Everything is not on a plate for you at Saint Martins - it's about personality, about working out how to do it.

We may have been born on third base, but we worked like we were starting from home plate. You know: batter up.

As a midfielder at United, I had to pass the ball forward, and yes, it did not always work. It did not always mean putting a chance on a plate for the strikers. It was up to them to get on the ball and score goals. Was it easy? No, but we were playing for United. It was not supposed to be easy.

Every meal is a conscious effort to stay disciplined and understand what's on your plate.

If you know what its taken to get there, you appreciate it so much more than if youre given it all on a plate.

And I think we created something incredible as a Democratic group, as a platform, as an effort to make a change in the country, and I think we did change this country. And I think we will continue to, and I know that my father is not going to stop fighting.

When the Beatles first came out, you had to go to a certain amount of trouble to have long hair. You just couldn't have it immediately. Anything you can just go out and get - like platform shoes - is not going to inspire people as much as something they have to go through a little bit of hell to have.

Nobody said being platinum was easy.

Unfortunately - as I have experienced first-hand, as many artists have - there's a gaping hole between platinum and non-existent. There's no in-between.

I am glad that I had to work my way up and was not handed anything on a platter.

Don't hate, just play better, and then get that money.

We can't always play the perfect game.

You're not going to do that. If you gave your best to what you were given, at the time, it's going to play out how it's going to play out.

We have to play a complete game.

I want to do everything I can to play baseball.

I just go out there and play basketball.