Quotes About Effort

Struggle is not an act; it is an attitude. If we believe that we must fight to get what we want, we will toil over everything we do. If we recognize, however, that the universe works more efficiently for us when we approach it with ease, life will serve us in miraculous ways.

The less you believe you have to do, the more you achieve what you need to do.

It takes a lot less work to feel good than it does to feel bad.

Cuántas veces habré oído: «Hace tiempo que tengo el libro, he leído algunas partes, pero no consigo entenderlo. Empecé a ejecutar las lecciones del Libro de ejercicios, pero lo dejé. Sé que el Curso es muy poderoso y que podría cambiar mi vida, pero me costaba mucho ponerlo en práctica.

Putting his lips together David whistled a few soft, carefully modulated notes. Head cocked to one side, the alien watched and listened. Then it exhaled softly, trying to duplicate the sounds. Since it possessed a very different respiratory mechanism, it failed in the attempt. That did not matter to David. What was important and what prompted him to tears was the fact that the creature *tried*.

It's only those exceptional and rare individuals who have brilliant ideas delivered to them by the muse, complete and gift wrapped. The rest of us have to work at it.

Son pocos los individuos a quienes la musa les envía ideas brillantes envueltas para regalo. Los demás nos lo tenemos que currar.

Odiar a los chatarros es natural... Le roban el trabajo a la gente, apestan a aceite. Yo creo que los tíos de Una Carne aciertan de pleno...

You with your light meter and relaxed itinerary, Let not our naive labours have been in vain!

Action focussed on intent is better than action focussed on outcome.

Knowledge is like a floating log of wood that helps us stay afloat in the ocean of misery. To find the shore, we have to kick our legs and swim. No one can do that for us,' said Hanuman.

All work has inadequacies; even fire is enveloped by smoke.—Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18, verses 47 and 48 (paraphrased).

As in the dialogue between Yudhishtira and Nahusha, the Mahabharata repeatedly states that one becomes a Brahman not by birth but by effort. Thus the epic challenges the traditional understanding of caste.

Knowledge is like a floating log of wood that helps us stay afloat in the ocean of misery. To find the shore, we have to kick our legs and swim. No one can do that for us.

Action focused on intent is better than action focused on outcome.

We must always remember that we are only midwives—if we want praise for progeny we must give birth to our own.

It won't get any easier in five minutes." When faced with something you really don't want to do but know you should—like

Scarlett soon found herself leaning halfway out the window, trying to figure out how to get the shutters closed. If she killed herself trying to close these darn things, she was going to be super annoyed.

The difference between mediocrity and excellence is often a matter of effort.

Typical! I break my neck trying to get here, and I find you peacefully tidying up!

That's why I love spiders. 'If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.

We can't save the past or solve the riddle of love. But to me, it's worth trying.

The exhausting effort to control time by altering the effects of age doesn't bring happiness

I WISH I FIGURED OUT A WAY TO LOVE YOU WITH ALITTLE LESS EFFORT.