Quotes About Effort

Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.

But Elizabeth Diane was not happy. She still felt invisible. She studied harder, hoping to achieve acceptance with better and better grades. No one seemed to notice her.

It's a lot harder to save people than you think it is.

To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do," said Victor Hugo.

Do your best, And leave the rest, 'Twill all come right Some day or night.

I can conceive few situations more harassing than that wherein, however you may long for success, however you may labour to fulfil your duty, your efforts are baffled and set at nought by those beneath you, and unjustly censured and misjudged by those above.

Of him to whom less is given, less will be required, but our utmost exertions are required of us all.

nije li marljiv rad najbolji lijek za neizmjernu tugu – najsigurniji protuotrov za o?aj?

Minden igaz történetnek van valami tanulsága, ámbár némelyikben nehéz meglelni e kincset, s ha megleljük is, gyakran oly csekélynek bizonyul, hogy a száraz, összezsugorodott bél nem kárpótol bennünket a dió feltörésének fáradságos munkájáért.

I should prepare and smooth the path of learning till she could glide along it without the least exertion to herself: which I could not, for nothing can be taught to any purpose without some little exertion on the part of the learner.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

I can't imagine how anyone can say: I'm weak, and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: Because it's so much easier not to!

This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.

I do my best to please everybody, far more than they'd ever guess. I try to laugh it all off, because I don't want to let them see my trouble.

You must work and do good, not be lazy and gamble, if you wish to earn happiness. Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

He clings to his masculinity, his solitude and his feigned indif- ference so he can maintain his role, so he'll never, ever have to show his feelings. Poor Peter, how long can he keep it up? Won't he explode from this superhuman effort?

We have many reasons to hope for great happiness, but … we have to earn it. And that's something you can't achieve by taking the easy way out. Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.

Realizar una cosa fácil no demanda ningún esfuerzo. Hay que practicar el bien y trabajar para merecer la dicha, y no se llega a ella a través de la especulación y la pereza. La pereza seduce, el trabajo satisface.

S? meriÈ›i fericirea înseamn? s? munceÈ™ti pentru ea.

Quite honestly, I can't imagine how anyone can say: I'm weak, and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: Because it's so much easier not to!

Esta semana he leído mucho y he estudiado poco. Así han de hacerse las cosas en este mundo, y así seguro que se llega lejos...

Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.

Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.