Quotes About Effort

only by suffering the rat-race in the arena can the heart learn to beat.

There'll come a moment when you think you can make it, and you'll try.

action in an absence of information is wasted effort

a feat which is not unlike tryin' to hold a large beach ball under water while doin' needlepoint

twenty yards to go—he could see a laundry truck rumbling by on the street—and

jockey was whipping it mercilessly, but the horse was falling farther behind every second. And the black one, a frisky colt, was simply holding its own, hoping to make it to the finish line without any greater exertion. Nightingale's Song, however, was not spent at all; indeed, the horse seemed only

If we do not put effort into creating our original thoughts, then ready-made pseudo-thoughts, trite words and phrases, come automatically to mind and carry us along with them, resulting in "thinking almost entirely without thoughts." (Steiner).

Confront the difficult while it is still easy; accomplish the great task by a series of small acts. " -Tao Te Ching

Radikální zm?na je jako výstup na strmý kopec - vítr vás m?že strhnout d?íve, než v?bec vystoupíte na vrchol, nebo pomyšlení na všechnu tu námahu zp?sobí, že se vzdáte ješt? d?íve, než jste za?ali.

Confront the difficult when it is still easy; Accomplish the great task by a series of small acts." -TAO TE CHING

I suppose I'm ambitious for something in spite of the fact that most things known as success don't inspire me to try for them at all.

The first draft of anything is shit. — ERNEST HEMINGWAY

INVESTIGACIÓN La clave para ganar esta guerra es la investigación, dedicar tiempo y esfuerzo a adquirir conocimiento. Yo sugiero algunos métodos específicos: la investigación en nuestra memoria, la investigación de la imaginación y la investigación de los hechos. Habitualmente, toda historia necesita utilizar las tres.

No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best.

As I said, I wish I could say it was easy. It wasn't. But it wasn't that hard either. I've learned that, without a strong reason or purpose, anything in life is hard.

I know many people who are poor because they are neither good students nor good teachers.

Each business system has its strengths and weaknesses, yet each ultimately does the same thing. If operated properly, each system will provide a steady stream of income without much physical effort on the part of the owner once it's up and running.

You must be aware that the reward for labour, and quantity of labour, are quite disparate things." ? Karl Marx

In the polyglot Upper Peninsula of Michigan calling a man, say, an Irishman is rarely an effort to demean or stigmatize him

No action is ever lost - nothing we do is without result. It's obvious, of course, but how many people ever really believe it, or act as if it were so?

What school performance of anything is ever less than a triumph?

grates. As he worked, he was reminded of the myth of Sisyphus and the cruel king's terrible fate. No sooner had Kim cleared an area of its filth than it became refouled with a fresh

Striving and surrender are not compatible. If you are overeager to achieve something, notice the force of your intention. Watch your faster breathing and feel your tenser muscles. This clear observing, this quality of attention, can take you to a state of relaxed awareness.

All you did was sit there, he said. Why are you so tired? I sat very diligently, she said.