Quotes About Effort

Should we reason our way out of sadness ? But why, when reasoning requires effort ? And the sad man lacks the necessary energy to make any effort at all.

There's no better sign that a civilization has reached its height than the awareness, in its members, of the futility of all effort, given that we're ruled by implacable laws, which nothing can repeal or obstruct.

Desceu sobre nós a mais profunda e a mais mortal das secas dos séculos - a do conhecimento íntimo da vacuidade de todos os esforços e da vaidade de todos os propósitos.

Every effort is a crime, because every gesture is a dead dream.

And leaning on the windowsill to enjoy the day, gazing at the variegated mass of the whole city, just one thought fills my soul: that I profoundly wish to die, to cease, to see no more light shining on this city or any city, to think no more, to feel no more, to leave behind the march of time and the sun like a paper wrapper, to remove like a heavy suit – next to the big bed – the involuntary effort of being.

everything is absurd.1 man spends his life earning money which he then saves even though he has no children 2 leave it 2. another puts all his efforts into becoming famous so that he'll b remembered once dead, yet he doesn't believe in a survival of the soul that would give him knowledge of that fame. yet another wears himself out looking 4 things he doesn't even like.

el afán de alcanzar algo es menor que lo que logramos alcanzar.

Ser libres para intentar algo no tiene nada que ver con lograrlo indefectiblemente

Thoughts which have no chance of succeeding do not take the trouble to come into your head at all.

It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes.

When something is finished, it cannot be possessed. Nothing can be possessed but the struggle.

Lisez, et ne rêvez pas. Plongez-vous dans de longues études. Il n'y a de continuellement bon que l'habitude d'un travail entêté. Il s'en dégage un opium qui engourdit l'âme… Read and do not dream. The only thing that is continually good is the habit of stubborn work. It emits an opium that numbs the soul…

When you constantly working, working, you don't really get to appreciate the fans and people loving your stuff.

The fans know that I don't give at-bats away.

Some days you feel like this is really going well. You can tell. Other days, you're just drawing like a farmer and you don't know why.

I like to work fast.

I thought I had to show all my stuff and I almost tore the boards of the grandstand with my fastball.

I love competition because I've always run faster when somebody was running next to me.

I just try to compete. That's all. There's gonna be faster guys, stronger guys, but you just gotta give effort.

The faster you try to move in the water, the faster you'll move when you're out of the water.

I want to win because I am the fastest out there instead, not by luck; then it means a lot more to you.

I'm not the biggest dude, and I'm not the fastest dude.

I'm not the fastest guy or the quickest guy.

I'm not the fastest guy, but when it comes to agility, getting in and out of cuts and seeing something and going to get it, I do my best to make sure that's on point.