Quotes About Effort

One of the secrets of a successful life is to be able to hold all of our energies upon one point, to focus all of the scattered rays of the mind upon one place or thing.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

Let's just say that I've spent a lot of time being not very successful.

What I've learned is that if you really want to be successful at something, you'll find that you put the time in. You won't just ask somebody if it's a good idea, you'll go figure out if it's a good idea.

If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world.

Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model.

There's no problem with trying to be successful, but it's all about just doing good work. It's not about fame.

We're all self-made, but only successful people admit it.

It's almost as if the most successful people don't put too much effort into being so brilliant at what they do, that they're just doing extraordinary things. The truth, however, is they're putting more and more effort into maintaining their levels of excellence.

I have never successfully made an omelette.

There's no secret crazy backstory. I actually suck at writing. It takes me forever to write a song.

If you suck, you're gonna suck real bad, and if you play well, it's going to sound really good.

Your connections might get you in the door, but it won't keep you there. And if you haven't prepared, you'll suck.

I tried snowboarding before, and I suck at it.

I'm the dirtiest of the dirty. I mess up all the time. I suck as a Christian. I can't stand religion. But I love Jesus, and I'm trying.

You can't be named like a sport if you suck at it.

The funny thing about acting is, there's no 'right' way to make it. Some people need to work their butts off, and some don't. They're just naturals. I wasn't a natural. I sucked.

I enjoyed playing the other sports. I just sucked at them.

I sucked in school.

Your motivation gets sucked away when you know that whatever you do your name won't be on the team sheet.

Being number two sucks.

It sucks when you do poorly at your job.

When you do a film like 'My Soul to Take,' and people think it sucks, that hurts. We put a lot of work into it, and it's a good film, but you go on.

It's homework. It sucks.