Quotes About Effort

John's time and effort were, in the main, spent on pretty honorable stuff. As for the other side, well, nobody's perfect, nobody's Jesus. And look what they did to him.

Many of the projects that we do that appear quite successful, it's actually often the second or third time we've given it a try.

Without a doubt, rowing is the hardest thing you can attempt to learn in a short period of time.

I heard that all the time. 'He makes it look too easy, he doesn't run hard.' It was always a slight on me.

Like many older fans of Free Software and Open Source, I have discovered that it is really only free in the sense that the time you spend on it is worthless.

Exceptional talent and extraordinary creativity are irrelevant! It's what you do with what little you have that counts big time in the end.

Those having the most time to devote to a line of endeavor usually become the most proficient.

You propound a complicated arithmetical problem: say cubing a number containing four digits. Give me a slate and half an hour's time, and I can produce a wrong answer.

A man's got to keep company a long time, and come early and stay late and sit close, before he can get a girl or a job worth having.

I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.

If you spend a lot of time on sportsmanship, you're going to spend a lot of time losing.

I wouldn't write any kind of book without a contract and an advance. You can't invest that amount of time and effort without one.

Imperfect action beats perfect inaction every time.

I was for a short time on the baseball team as shortstop, where I was not so good.

I've been writing books without ego for a very long time. I feel like it will get what it deserves. Or won't get what it doesn't deserve.

Time is 'to make'. it is not 'to have'.

There is no getting around these essential ingredients: determination, effort and time. These are the real secrets to happiness.

Doing good stuff or stuff that you are proud of takes time and takes effort.

As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.

I get up every day, do the best that I can do, and go home and have a good time.

She and Thomas had helped construct the Maze; at the same time she'd exerted a lot of effort to build a wall holding back her emotions.

I'd worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard. And I did that really well.

Ambition beats genius 99% of the time

If Jay spent as much time studying as he does trying to be a comedian, he'd be a big star.