Quotes About Effort

Most awards, you know, they don't give you unless you go and get them - did you know that? Terribly discouraging.

The human spy, in terms of the American espionage effort, had never been terribly pertinent.

You have to remember now, I was not being terribly successful at going solo.

People are in a hurry. They don't want to look at a long list of ingredients. Cooking is terribly hard work.

I work like a dog when I have to, but when I'm not working, I get terribly lazy and could sit around all day.

To paint is the most terrific thing that there is, but to do it well is very difficult.

Their practice habits are terrific. I've been around some really good guys from different teams in terms of bringing it to practice. When I was in San Francisco, Bryant Young was that way. Every practice on it.

Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard.

I joined the Aspen Institute, which is a terrific nonpartisan center. They have a wonderful effort that focuses on the impact of communications technology on society and our economy.

You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I think an actor is very like a sportsman in that respect. You have periods where you're in terrific form. Everything you touch seems to work and come right. And other times, when you're working really hard, it's okay, but it isn't scintillating.

Lousy, ineffective actions lead to lousy outcomes. Terrific, effective actions lead to terrific outcomes.

It's really rich territory for me as an actor to have somebody who has such a long way to go, but he's trying and getting it wrong. Because I know that I try and I get it wrong a lot of the time.

What I am going to tell you is this: Although it is commonly believed that the War on Terrorism is a noble effort to defend freedom, in reality, it has little to do with terrorism and even less to do with the defense of freedom.

We support every effort to combat international terrorism through the formulation of international conventions and hope that the international community will take further steps to improve the anti-terrorism international legal framework.

If there will be a serious Palestinian prime minister who makes a 100 percent effort to end terrorism, then we can have peace. Each side has to take steps. If terror continues, there will not be an independent Palestinian state. Israel will not accept it, if terror continues.

I want to test my maximum and see how much I can do. And I want to change the world of swimming.

Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.

I was one of those kids that could just show up and take the test and do well on it. I didn't study a whole lot.

As you know from school, it's when you have not prepared for the test that you have the fear of failing. And if you have prepared, even if you fail, you've done your best.

I'm not a policy oriented person. I'm constrained to what I study. But educational policy has not yet taken adequate note of the whole child. Kids are not just their IQ or standardized test scores. It matters whether or not they show up, how hard they work.

We put a lot of pride into our work, and to have it show on Sundays is a testament to all the work we've put in.

Enjoy every moment because it is so good and just a testament to all the work you've put in.

The very fact that people make an effort to search and know more about me is a testament that I am doing my job well.

As a cricketer - or any sportsperson, for that matter - you like yourself to be tested and get better all the time.