Quotes About Effort

lo que cuesta conseguir se cuida más que lo que llega sin esfuerzo».

Soy lo que soy porque me lo he ganado gracias a errores y esfuerzos previos; es lo que merezco

La felicidad, a semejanza del arte, cuanto más se calcula menos se logra

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

Vivir en la verdad y de la verdad conduce a lo que podríamos denominar una vida lograda, plena, profunda, repleta de esfuerzos, natural y sobrenatural a la vez, que mira al otro y cuyo objetivo lo constituyen unos valores para sacar lo mejor que hay dentro del ser humano... En definitiva, una vida verdadera.

no basta con desear mejorar cada día, sino que es necesario actuar.

Luchar implica esforzarse, pelear consigo mismo, oponerse a llevar a cabo sólo lo que apetece sin más, ejercitarse en conseguir los pequeños objetivos marcados y vencer todo tipo de adversidades hasta lograrlo. El

Los valores solo se adquieren a base de renuncias y sacrificios sin necesidad de publicarlos. El esfuerzo sin espectáculo es más heroico que el brillante y ruidoso. El

Si hay lucha y esfuerzo, se puede ir hacia lo mejor; si hay dejadez, desidia, abandono y poco espíritu de combate, todo se va deslizando hacia una versión pobre, carente de aspiraciones, de forma que surge lo peor de uno mismo.

La educación de la voluntad es una tarea de artesanía psicológica trazada desde el esfuerzo continuado.

Ni el orden, ni la constancia, ni la voluntad son disposiciones innatas, sino adquiridas en la pelea diaria, y deben lograrse mediante esfuerzos expresos, concretos, claros, bien delimitados

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.

Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.

The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

Beautiful friendships" are often based on the fact that the players complement each other with great economy and satisfaction, so that there is a maximum yield with a minimum effort from the games they play with each other.

a sow bug crawls across a desk. If he is turned over on his back, one can observe the tremenous struggle he goes through to get on his feet again. During this interval he has 'purpose' in his life. When he succeeds, one can almost see the look of victory in his eyes. [...] And yet mixed with his smugness is a little disappointment. Now that he has come out on top, life seems aimless.

It takes a lot of energy to be negative. You have to work at it. But smiling is painless. I'd rather spend my energy smiling.

crucial discoveries always emerge during the design/implementation effort.

You're going to work in this life, and you're going to play. And when the last days come, you'll look back and find that that's all there was, an endless stream of days going back to today. But if you can find the thing you should be doing, the thing that makes you you, and if you can make that thing yours, then you've beaten the game. Most men don't, but the point is to try

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.

Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.

The greatest weariness comes from work not done.