Quotes About Effort

I try very hard to be annoying. Don't insult my ability to annoy.

True success requires sacrifice.

We only fail when we stop trying.

Defeating one ant had taken all my energy. (I don't think I have ever written a sadder sentence than that.)

Knowledge of any value can't be given. It must be sought and earned

Maybe if he did really well they'd give him some mouldy apples.

Being productive. Ugh. It's such a human concept. It implies you have limited time (LOL) and have to work hard to make something happen (double LOL).

Good luck is a sham. True success requires sacrifice.

No one should know his entire fate. It's too dangerous and too depressing. Just keep going, do your best, and hope it's good enough. That's all any of us can do.

Writing is like a sport - you only get better if you practice

Anytime you take aim and prepare to fire your best shot, anytime you seek to put your emotions into a song, know that I am smiling on you.

Her secret fear? Maybe she didn't tried hard enough.

I hoped they couldn't run very fast with those stubby little legs and flippers, but they waddled along pretty well.

La buena suerte es una farsa. El éxito verdadero requiere sacrificio.

Cutting through the roar of the wind, the goddess Nike screamed from the stables: "YOU CAN DO BETTER, STORM! GIVE ME A HUNDRED AND TEN PERCENT!

Just keep going, do your best, and hope it's good enough. That's all any of us can do.

Exercise is nothing more than a depressing reminder that one is not a god.

Nothings ever easy!!!!

Throw yourself into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for Him is a waste of time or effort.

It is usually meaningless work, not overwork, that wears us down, saps our strength, and robs our joy.

When life gets tough, when you're overwhelmed with doubt, or when you wonder if living for Christ is worth the effort, remember that you are not home yet. At death you won't leave home — you'll go home.

The war was a clumsily stitched

Dirt never slept, so neither would Frobisher until he had swept it away. He was a man inclined to a metaphor.

To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gift -absolute gifts- which have not been acquired by one's effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist must possess the courageous soul.