Quotes About Effort
Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five; For, howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five; He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five.
~ Samuel Johnson
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To be human : to strive in the face of the certainty of failure.
~ Spider Robinson
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Not to give up under any circumstances should be the motto of our life: I shall try again and again, and I am bound to succeed. There will be obstacles, but I have to defy the obstacles.
~ Sri Chinmoy
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If you don't go and do something in life, nothing happens.
~ Suzy Amis
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It pays no matter what comes after it, to try and do things, to accomplish things in this life and not merely to have a soft and pleasant time.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
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The performance of duty, and not an indulgence in vapid ease and vapid pleasure, is all that makes life worth while.
~ Theodore Roosevelt
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Some of the best motivation in life is trying to impress a girl.
~ Tom Brady
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My life is unjust, but I can strive for justice. My life is unkind, but I can vote for kindness.
~ Vachel Lindsay
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You don't win races by wishing, you win them by running faster than everyone else does.
~ Philip Pullman, Clockwork
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A man wants to earn money in order to be happy, and his whole effort and the best of a life are devoted to the earning of that money. Happiness is forgotten; the means are taken for the end.
~ Albert Camus
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Every minute you spend in your life is either spent bringing you closer to your goals or moving you away from your goals.
~ Robert Foster Bennett
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No one's really taking it seriously enough, being more kind of careful and cautious in planning your life out and trying to reach a goal. It takes a great deal of effort - and this cannot be taught.
~ Robert Greene
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Do your best. And then let life do the rest.
~ Robin Sharma
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The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.
~ Swami Vivekananda
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To win this league, the toughest league in the country, and to be outright champs is a tribute to their effort. It's a great lesson in life for our guys. It shows anything is possible.
~ Thad Matta
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He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
~ Dylan Thomas
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Craft the finest arrow Forage jungles for straightest shaft Forge sharpest head of glass Pluck feathers of the wisest crow Without the simplest archer and bow Without a mark that's true Useless Craft the finest vessel Fell the jungle's strongest mast Build the world's mightiest hull A flag the crown of all seas you can sew Without the simplest oarsmen to row Without a port that's true Useless
~ Dylan Thomas McCall
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The first fundamental principle of effective classroom feedback is that feedback should be more work for the recipient than the donor.
~ Dylan Wiliam
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There will be times, for example, when you feel you are faking it. However hard you try genuinely to practice, it just doesn't feel right. And on the rare occasions it does feel authentic, the sensation is over almost before it began. So, try to be content with your practice, whatever it feels like, even when you are doing little more than paying it lip service, because at least you are making an effort.
~ Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
~ E. B. White
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John Stuart MillBy a mighty effort of willOvercame his natural bonhomieAnd wrote Principles of Political Economy.
~ E. C. Bentley
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the more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.
~ E. Lockhart
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Jule had many rare talents. She worked hard and really had so damn much to offer. She knew all that. So why did she feel worthless at the same time?
~ E. Lockhart
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Jule believed that the more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.
~ E. Lockhart
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