Quotes About Effort

If you are ambitious you can have a moment of glory but it will most likely be temporary. But talent always finds its way out.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

So you got your reward; you got kicked in the teeth. That means you were doing good work. Getting kicked in the teeth is the reward for good work.

It doesn't matter how big the body, it's what you do with it.

Thought is a process of work, joy is an issue of work

Assigning best people to the project ("If they're easy to give up, they're the wrong people.")

Our effort was mocked by some police supervisors: has the computer caught Ted yet?

Movies are hard work. The public doesn't see that. The critics don't see it. But they're a lot of work. A lot of work.

If I knew how to take a good photograph, I'd do it every time.

Šanca je jediná vec, ktorú si nekúpite. Musíte za ?u zaplati?, zaplati? životom, ?asom, úsilím. ?as nemí?ate, platíte ním.

If you go in thinking you're going to win, you'll be disappointed if you lose. So just go in to the competition with the attitude that you're going to compete, which is all you can control anyway.

success was when opportunity met preparation. To succeed you had to be prepared

It's like anything you do; if you want to do it well, you have to work at it.

Armstrong squinted.

It takes a lifetime to build a life. It only takes a second to ruin it. Do something great with your life.

You just do your job, Tracy, and the chips will fall where they fall. You get me?

Did you do better than that?

Eldar never had the discipline her father had, nor did he appreciate hard work. He quit too easily. He wanted things handed to him, and he usually got them.

I guess that's why they run the races," he said, "to see which horse actually wins.

My coach told me, in a not so ringing endorsement, "How can I cut a kid who tries so hard with so little success?" I didn't care.

choke, and pulled the rip cord. The engine cranked, sputtered, and died. He made sure the gear was in neutral and the

She believed in a just return for every effort.

What you inherited without lifting a finger—except to poison a few brothers—I fought for.