Quotes About Effort

A tree didn't yield to his strength of will or daring, but only to the continual cutting of his ax.

by the mile it's a pile, by the yard it's hard, by the inch it's a cinch!

One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.

I was satisfied that I had done my best. She was insane.

Fifteen minutes in the majors means you're a great baseball player," said Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland—who never got his fifteen minutes above the Triple-A level. "People just can't understand how good you have to be to get there at all.

We all have differing levels of ability. What we must do is make the most of what we've got.

The problem with castles, Halt thought as he continued upward, was that they were full of stairs. If someone could only design a castle that was all on one level, it would save a lot of effort.

Goed gedaan, Hal,' zei hij slechts. 'Ik weet hoeveel dit je heeft gekost.

Now," he said, "all you have to do is learn to use them. And you know what that means, don't you? Will nodded his head, grinning. "A lot of practice

In his experience, people who attributed their success to luck often had a lot to do with making their own luck.

Zo eenvoudig is het?' vroeg Malcolm met een lachje. Will trok één wenkbrauw op. 'Ja, een fluitje van een cent. Als je tenminste eerst vijf jaar oefent om die pijl in dat gaatje te schieten!

So I immediately joined Sutton College of Music in Grove Road, Sutton to thoroughly learn theory of music. Over and over again, I would copy all the major and minor scales until I was blue in the face. It wasn't easy because it was so boring but I knew it was absolutely essential to have this

Delays and laziness are the two great gulfs in which multitudes of souls are drowned and perish.

Whence is thy learning? Hath thy toilO'er books consumed the midnight oil?

I once tried to approach Akiro Kurosawa, but he never answered.

The funny thing about writing is that whether you're doing well or doing it poorly, it looks the exact same. That's actually one of the main ways that writing is different from ballet dancing.

Critics should find meaningful work.

Once again Jacob was one who had gone to great lengths to secure his own well-being, but his efforts proved pointless.

It's much more interesting to watch someone who is ill-equipped to solve their problem fight to solve their problem than wallow in the knowledge that they're ill-equipped to solve their problems.

There is a knowledge which is desirable, though nothing come of it, as being of itself a treasure, and a sufficient remuneration of years of labor.

A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one could find fault.

Nothing would be done at all if one waited until one could do it so well that no one could find fault with it.

Nought venture nought have.

That which is hard to do is best done bitterly.