Quotes About Effort

Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge being possessed, it comes to the same thing. Some study with a natural ease, some from a desire for advantages, and some by strenuous effort. But the achievement being made, it comes to the same thing.

We do not need to find something we are best at; what is important is simply that we do our best.

she looked about as hard to get as a haircut and at about the same

The reason most people are bad is because they do not try to be good.

The reason most people are bad is because they do not try to be good. Now, the Nome King had never tried to be good, so he was very bad indeed.

With Dorothy hard at work, the

The reason most people are bad is because they do not try to be good. L. Frank Baum, The Emerald City of Oz, 1910

He worked hard from morning till night and did not know what joy was.

Don't try, my dear

Those who do the least, often shout the loudest and so get the most glory.

Relationships take time and energy, and your job kind of sucks that all out of you. It takes an extra effort to stay present in a relationship when you are working kind of hours.

Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory.

Don't think because there's a ring on your finger, you needn't try anymore.

Position yourself to succeed first by building good relationships with the right people; and then put your effort and expertise behind that!

That's my biggest struggle, is maintaining a personal romantic relationship. It takes a lot of effort.

When you genuinely feel like that was the right relationship, you're supposed to give it all you can. That's what marriage is about.

It's harder than it looks to juggle all those things: relationship, movies, YouTube.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Answering a letter from a church asking what else they should try after having failed to raise enough money on bake sales, bazaars, suppers, etc. Why not try religion?

Religion is so great a thing that it is right that those who will not take the trouble to seek it if it be obscure, should be deprived of it.

Pray to God, but row towards shore.

I try to be the best husband I can be, and if people respect that, that's cool. But there's no "perfect husband." We just all try to do the best we can, you know what I mean?

You'll have a lot more respect for a bird after you try making a nest.

Respect, recognition, and reward flow out of performance.