Quotes About Effort

With care and patience, people may accomplish things which, to an indolent person, would appear impossible.

Patience, discipline - giving everything on court... This is what I'm trying to bring in every single match.

Writing takes too much patience and it takes too much out of you for me to want to attempt it too often.

What mistake all of us make when we are talking about a particular cricketer is that we say they are trying too much, the control is not there, there is no patience. These are cliched terms.

I think the most difficult part is being patient for good work to come. Sometimes, you feel like giving up if things don't materialise in a short period of time.

When I try to be patient on my own, my patience is forced and short-lived. It is obvious to everyone that I am desperately trying to be patient.

You know what takes effort? Being kind, being patient, being respectful, telling someone how you feel politely instead of just avoiding them for six weeks.

You know what takes effort? Being kind. Being patient. Being respectful.

The guys I came up with would always tell me that no matter if we're up or down, if you go in, get in there and play hard. But just know that sometimes you just have to be patient and wait your turn.

I don't cook at all, and whenever my husband Paul goes away he leaves meals for me and I can't even be bothered to put them in the oven.

Someone might look like an overnight success, but there's a lot of hard work that goes into it, and rightfully so. That's the way it should be. There are exceptions to that rule, but in country music, people really have to pay their dues.

I'm always workin', man. I gotta pay the light bills.

There's some dues that you just have to pay in life.

They don't pay you a million dollars for two-hand chest passes.

One of the things I've learned over the years is that you only do what you can do as an actor. You do the best job you can, but you have no control over so many elements that are going to determine the outcome of that film. I never pay attention to what happens after.

I don't pay attention to stats or anything like that. I just pay attention to how I play and the intensity that I play with.

You know, last season I didn't do anything on the show, so I was frustrated. I mean, don't get me wrong: It's nice to get a paycheck. But if you don't really do anything it's not very satisfying.

I think I'm maintaining the quality, but internally I'm paying for it.

To see that hard work paying off is very good.

Writing isn't manual labor. Nor is it emptying the dishwasher or paying bills. It's work, sure, but sometimes it should be fun.

I was always working; it's just that no one was paying attention.

A lot of work is going in, and it's not paying off. And it's becoming very frustrating for me.

It's great to see my hard work paying off, even if it's not finished.

Hard work pays off. The harder you work, the more people will notice.