Quotes About Effort

I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.

Usually, with the work I've done, by the end, I usually feel like it's a failure. It doesn't matter how it's received.

Obviously, as a receiver, you want to go out there and make plays for your team to win.

Especially if you're a good receiver, nobody plays at all-the-way 100 percent.

All the appreciation I have been receiving has been very encouraging. It pushes me to do better.

I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.

There is absolutely no power in our human effort to live holy. It is only by His grace. And the result of receiving grace is we get better at living like Christ, which is something we all want, right?

I think e-mail is kind of a cheap way to communicate. It's a lazy way of writing a letter, you know. I write a letter every now and then, you know, pick out somebody and drop them a line, because I always like receiving letters.

Being here and receiving appreciation from the people here in Nantes has a special appeal. But I do believe I have worked hard for it. Very hard.

I'll give my all on the pitch, as I have in recent years. That's what is important. We will give our all to win something.

I'm a big believer that the reception is not the endeavor. And what I enjoy about almost all my work is the endeavor, the doing of something.

The only recipe is hard work, persistence, and belief.

I keep trying to perfect my mother's meatloaf recipe. I will never get it perfect, but I'm getting closer.

The holy grail of recipe developing is the recipe that turns out so much more impressive than you would expect from the effort it took to produce.

Cooking is not effortless. To get a recipe that feels effortless is really hard.

The funny thing about bowl recipes is, despite how simple they might seem, they can actually be a lot of work.

I reckon I tried everything on the old apple, but salt and pepper and chocolate sauce topping.

You have to make the effort with children. You can't have them thinking that I reckon I'm special, otherwise they'll start thinking they're special. I want them to feel normal for as long as possible because God knows they'll reach an age when they'll be told they're not.

As commentators like the American psychologist Gary Marcus have noted, it's extremely difficult to teach a computer to recognise cats. And that's not for want of trying.

Many people work behind a music project, but hardly get recognised.

Hard work will always be recognised.

I started to get my doctorate, not to be called 'doctor.' Those are just little things you get to get recognition.

A core focus of our effort is based on the recognition that our customers have varying needs, and one of their most important needs is to have choice.

I'm not complaining if my work is getting more recognition than me.