Quotes About Effort

I think that's the hardest lesson I have had to learn as a parent; no matter how much I try, I am not able to guarantee my sons' happiness and success.

Repentance does not bring a sense of serenity or of completion but stimulates a reaching out in further effort.

The relationship of the toastmaster to speaker should be the same as that of the fan to the fan dancer. It should call attention to the subject without making any particular effort to cover it.

Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains.

The amount of money that is in your bank at the time of your death is the extra work you did which wasn't necessary

My whole life can be summed up as this ceaseless effort of mine to persuade other people.

T]he individual man, provided he wants to achieve some great end... must always concentrate his efforts on one definitely limited stage of his progress, which has to be completed before the next step is attempted. Those who don't attempt to realize their aims step by step, and who don't concentrate their energy in reaching the individual stages, will never attain the final objective.

The ultimate and most profound reason for the German decline is the fact that the racial problem was ignored, and that its importance in the historical development of nations wasn't grasped. Events that take place in the life of nations are not due to chance, but are the natural results of the effort to conserve and multiply the species and the race--even if people aren't conscious of the inner motives of their conduct.

If you want to shine like the sun, first you have to burn like it.

Nothing, which is great in this world, was given as a gift to man. Everything had to be bitterly, difficulty won in struggle. Speech of May 1, 1933 in Berlin

And dinnae be afraid to fail. The only way to learn anything in life is to try and fail, then continue trying until ye succeed.

A little lift meant a little fall; a bigger lift, a bigger fall.

I do on the field what I know how to do, the same way and with the same passion as always. I give my best, but I have to take things day by day.

No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices.

I find mediocrity hard. I find that whole area difficult. I'm a very passionate person; I care very much about what I do. I believe I give it a lot, so it's gotta be good; otherwise, what's the point?

I'm passionate about the game. Anytime you work as hard and a play doesn't go the way you wanted, you get frustrated.

I think that football has always had a passionate, aggressive side, with players giving their all. People have to get used to this.

I have no doubt that the digital immersion of our children will provide a rich life of entertainment and information and knowledge. My concern is that they will not learn, with their passive immersion, the joy and the effort of the third life, of thinking one's own thoughts and going beyond what is given.

It was very clear I wasn't giving my all in the past - not even close.

I'm not Abdul-Jabbar or Pat Ewing or Mark Eaton. I'm Shawn Bradley and I'm going to do my best each time I step on the court. When the game is over, it's over.

The reality of football rests on that patch of green between 90 and 95 minutes. Whichever team is going to win has to do it on the field of play and by scoring more goals than the opposition.

I think I've shown patches of being a good defender and then I've gotten lazy off the ball and you make a stupid play and you look like you can't guard anybody.

Just go out there and do it. It's not the easiest path.

It costs to win, you need patience.