Quotes About Effort

Al contrario, el esfuerzo físico la llenaba de energía, el agotamiento se convertía en vivacidad y gracia, los días eran largos, lentísimos, y el mundo (percibido como un naufragio interminable) le mostraba su cara más vivaz y la hacía tomar conciencia que la suya, naturalmente, también lo era.

Che è come dire, ragazzi, dissi, che vedevo gli sforzi e i sogni, tutti confusi nello stesso fallimento, e che quel fallimento si chiamava gioia. Ed. Adelphi, pag. 406

Tempus breve est, Ora et labora. We aren't given much time on this earth.

Tempus breve est, Ora et labora. We aren't given much time on this earth. We have to pray and work, not go pushing our luck with soccer pools.

If you were a human sperm, there is no prize for coming second.

For the weakest has but to try his strength to find it, and then he shall be strong.

We all perish in our last attempt to live.

I tried to unbelieve that it had happened, to force time back by sheer effort of will.

As well to clutch at the moon's reflection in a still midnight pond as to seek a grip on that bright mind.

It felt good, she suddenly decided, to set herself to a physical task. For this small time, at least, she could see the results of her effort and her will.

It is worse than useless to do things halfway, Bee. For then you think the work is done, but someone must come behind you later to do it all over again. Even if you must work much harder and get less done, it is better to do the whole task the first time.

If you want the game, you must stalk it. That is all. You cannot say, To stalk this takes too long, I wish to simply eat. It is all one. The stalking is the beginning of the eating.

It's not enough to refrain from evil, Trell. People have to attempt to do right, even if they believe they cannot succeed." "Even when it's stupid to try?" he asked with savage sarcasm. "Especially then," she replied sweetly. "That's how it's done, Trell. You break your heart against this stony world. You fling yourself at it, on the side of good, and you do not ask the cost. That's how you do it.

If you weed, you must do it well. Take it all out, down to the deepest root. Otherwise, it will just come back. It will be stronger than ever, and you will have that work to do over again. Or someone else must take on your unfinished task.

I couldn't tell him it would come out right, because I wasn't sure it would. I couldn't tell him that I'd trust his judgment, because I didn't. Then Hap found the words for both of us. "I love you, Tom. I'll keep trying." I sighed in relief. "Me, too. I love you, and I'll keep trying.

Intentions cannot be exchanged for results." - Royal Assassin

What we can do, we must do: we must use what we are given, and we must use it the best we can, however much or little help we have for the task. What you have been given is a hard thing--a very hard thing... But my darling, what if there were no one who could do the difficult things?

No matter how much spin, effort, lunch or dinner you give the media, they will not fail to notice whether you have won or lost.

Unfortunately, there's no getting around it: people have to work for their happiness. We go into battle every day, and we have to work to be happy. It just isn't handed over to us, as much as we wish it was.

Balance is not a passive resting place—it takes work, balancing the giving and the taking, the raking out and the putting in.

The difficulty of digging is an important constraint. Not everything should be convenient.

It is our work, and our gratitude, that distills the sweetness

You have to concentrate; you have to give yourself to the listening. It takes effort, especially in a time when we are accustomed to sound bites and immediate gratification.

I wanted to do it for you," he said. "I wanted to show you how much I would do, how far I would go. How hard I would work.