Quotes About Effort

We can say either that we make progress little by little, or that we do not even expect to make progress. Just to be sincere and make our full effort in each moment is enough.

Bowing helps to eliminate our self-centered ideas. This is not so easy. It is difficult to get rid of these ideas, and bowing is a very valuable practice. The result is not the point; it is the effort to improve ourselves that is valuable. There is no end to this practice.

and you will become friendly with others. This is the merit of Zen practice. But the way of practice is just to be concentrated on your breathing with the right posture and with great, pure effort. This is how we practice Zen.

Which is more important… to make a million dollars, or to enjoy your life in your effort, little by little, even thought it is impossible to make that million; to be successful, or to find some meaning in your effort to be successful?

Which is more important: to attain enlightenment, or to attain enlightenment before you attain enlightenment; to make a million dollars, or to enjoy your life in your effort, little by little, even though it is impossible to make that million; to be successful, or to find some meaning in your effort to be successful? If you do not know the answer, you will not even be able to practice zazen; if you do know, you will have found the true treasure of life.

We say, "A good father is not a good father." Do you understand? One who thinks he is a good father is not a good father; one who thinks he is a good husband is not a good husband. One who thinks he is one of the worst husbands may be a good one if he is always trying to be a good husband with a single-hearted effort.

When there is no gaining idea in what you do, then you do something.

Quel est le plus important : réussir ou trouver un sens à votre effort de réussir ?

We must make some effort, but we must forget ourselves in the effort we make... So it is necessary for us to encourage ourselves and to make an effort up to the last moment, when all effort disappears.

Just to be sincere and make our full effort in each moment is enough.

The result is not the point; it is the effort to improve ourselves that is valuable. There is no end to this practice.

Bowing helps to eliminate our self-centered ideas... The result is not the point; it is the effort to improve ourselves that is valuable... whether or not it is possible is not the point... Before you determine to do it, you have difficulty, but once you start to do it, you have none.

In our everyday life we are usually trying to do something, trying to change something into something else, or trying to attain something. Just this trying is already in itself an expression of our true nature. The meaning lies in the effort itself. We should find out the meaning of our effort before we attain something.

Determination is the binoculars for EFFORT!!!!Helps to visualize our target.

Entrepreneur-Every New Thought Risked Effortlessly Past Resistance Energizing Numerous Eventually Useful Returns.

Hard Work is to Success like vaccinations are to good health, if timely done.... the result is always the latter!!!!

Results are more motivating than words.

Results are more motivating that words.

Success is when you have stretched your limits even by a whisker...

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

If. A two-letter word for futility.

Comme ils l'expliquèrent confusément, il y a deux façons de mourir : soit personne n'intervient et tout le monde s'en fout, ou alors quelqu'un essaye de faire quelque chose et n'y arrive pas. Ce n'est pas la même chose.

Less flapping, more flying!

The less you think and the more you do, the better things tend to become.