Quotes About Effort

The right use of the exercise of the will is a condition of salvation, necessary without a doubt, but remote, inferior, very subordinated, purely negative. Muscular effort pulls up weeds, but only the sun and water can make wheat grow. The will cannot produce any good in the soul.

Never, in any case, is any effort of true attention lost. It is always completely effective on the spiritual plane, and therefore also, in addition, on the inferior plane of the intelligence, for all spiritual light enlightens the intelligence.

All mediocrity flies from the light.

The object of an action and the level of the energy by which it is carried out are distinct from each other. A certain thing must be done. But where is the energy to be drawn for its accomplishment? A virtuous action can lower a man if there is not enough energy available on the same level.

Perfection is impersonal. Our personality is the part of us which belongs to error and sin. The whole effort of the mystic has always been to become such that there is no part left in his soul to say 'I'. But the part of the soul which says 'We' is infinitely more dangerous still.

Aucune maison étrangère n'est si étrangère que cette usine où on dépense quotidiennement ses forces pendant huit heures.

The studying, the books, exams, arguments, theories. The jokes and pints, laughter, kisses and songs. Life was like running, ninety percent sweat and toil, ten per cent joy.

Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.

Ahora que me ha puesto usted al corriente, haré lo posible por olvidarlo

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.

The wild unbounded hills we ranged, While oft our talk its topic changed, And, desultory as our way, Ranged, unconfined from grave to gay. Even when it flagg'd , as oft will chance, No effort made to break its trance, We could right pleasantly pursue Our thoughts in social silence too

I know what it's like to squander all your hours and all your tears and all your heart on something which turns out to be nothing. Don't waste your time.

Everyone keeps saying I'll pick it up. But what if I don't? I did algebra for three years, and I never picked that up.

If love is easy, you're not doing it right.

A party like this isn't about the surprise factor. It's about someone going to so much trouble that it just... overwhelms you.

It's time for some bigger steps. You need to push yourself, Audrey. You won't know till you try. I believe you can cope with it.

Small talk depletes creativity. Social media stifles thought. Even choosing an outfit every morning is needless effort. So, for one week, we will let all that nonsense go. We will engage instead with big talk. Character. Plot.

he only looks at how hard a person works and what results they get—and not at what a completely horrible cow they are.

One learns by doing a thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.

Success is dependent on effort.

Without labor nothing prospers.

all done with a will. The pains we inflict upon ourselves hurt most of all.

Your heart beats hotly for chilling work!

There are so many different kinds of writing and so many ways to work that the only rule is this: do what works. Almost everything has been tried and found to succeed for somebody. The methods, even the ideas of successful writers contradict each other in a most heartening way, and the only element I find common to all successful writers is persistence-an overwhelming determination to succeed.