Quotes About Effort

The sum of the inner movements which a man finds easy and as a consequence performs gracefully and with pleasure, one calls his soul; if these inner movements are plainly difficult and an effort for him, he is considered soulless.

Don't ask, How will I climb the mountain, just climb the mountain.

Having a talent is not enough; one also requires your permission for it--right, my friends?

Works, first and foremost! That is to say, doing, doing, doing! The 'faith' that goes with it will soon put in an appearance - you can be sure of that!

Every error, of whatever kind, is a consequence of degeneration of instinct, disgregation of will: one has thereby virtually defined the bad. Everything good is instinct – and consequently easy, necessary, free. Effort is an objection, the god is typically distinguished from the hero (in my language: light feet are the first attribute of divinity).

It is all in vain; the torture of the unfulfilled law cannot be overcome.

The difficult we do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer.

He who does not advance in perfection falls into imperfection. An unattended garden becomes full of weeds. Things do not remain the same by being left alone. White fences do not stay white; they gradually become gray and then black. There are no planes in the spiritual life. We go uphill or we go downhill. The moment we cease to row against the stream, the current carries us down river.

When Whistler was complimented on the portrait of his mother, he said, "You know how it is; one tries to make one's Mummy just as nice as he can.

Voulez-vous mériter la confiance de ceux qui ne vous connaissent pas? travaillez. On estime toujours ceux qui travaillent.

Don't lose sleep over it, Jed. Only the mediocre are at their best all the time.

Only the mediocre are at their best all the time.

Quantity impresses, and anyone can appreciate it at first sight. Quality isn't as obvious, or as easy to appreciate. As if that weren't enough, quantity is easier to produce, less labor-intensive, cheaper, less risky than saying: Not this.

Que tu travailles donc bien, Clair ! Alors l'enfant, rouge encore de l'effort, tout tendu, s'apaisait et me remerciait d'un sourire si tendre que j'entrevoyais presque avec honte l'héroïque effort auquel se livrait quotidiennement ce petit garçon pour obtenir un bon mot de ma part, et je devais prendre garde de ne pas même lui donner tout son dû, par peur de rendre les autres envieux et peut-être méchants envers lui.

You can never guarantee the wins but you can guarantee that you give it 100%. That way you can always look back and feel comfortable, as a player or a coach.

I've worked really hard to get to where I am. Slow and steady wins the race, and I believe in paying your dues.

We're not done. We're just going to continue playing and hoping to put some wins together again.

You go into each game looking to win. We're not looking at wins or losses because it proves something as a team. We go into every game trying to get better. As long as you compete, we're gonna play our hearts out; we're improving every day.

I believe 2014 will be another historic year for conservatives in Arkansas, and I stand ready to help with that effort and make sure a conservative wins the 2nd Congressional District.

I never played for records. If I had played for records, then I would have had many more runs against my name. If, by your performance, the team wins, then that is what is most gratifying.

I'm just a basketball player going out there and trying to get wins.

Talent is what wins games.

Defense, for me, is where I really love to put work in most. Defense is, in my mind, what wins games.

I want to score more goals, to play more games, but at the end of the day, the most important thing is that the team wins. The other things come with that.