Quotes About Effort

It is not perfection we seek, for perfection is impossible. It is instead consistency.

It's a common mistake to assume that someone is weak because they are accommodating. If you think this, you might be the type who has no idea how much effort—how much strength—it takes to put up with your nonsense.

It's horribly unfair you managed that on your first try," Kaladin noted. "It took me forever.

Don't be silly," she said. "Why would elevators be more advanced than stairs? Obviously, stairs take more effort to climb, are harder to construct, and are far more healthy to use. Therefore, they took longer to develop. Don't you realize how stupid you sound when you claim otherwise?

There was no correcting past mistakes, especially since he could see no real 'mistakes' he had made. He had done the best he could, and that had proven insufficient.

I grunted, hauling the rope hand over hand. A plaintive squeak came from the pulley system with each draw, as if I had strapped some unfortunate mouse to a torture device and was twisting with glee.

Living's difficult work for all of us, these days.

Blushweaver sighed. "You avoid thinking, you avoid me, you avoid effort...is there anything you don't avoid?" "Breakfast.

For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

It was rather difficult to throw a game when you had no idea what you were doing to win it in the first place.

There are some things you can't hide from, Vin. I know—I've tried." She

You see," she said, "with the axe, it's easier to get ahead. . . .

No corras si solo tienes fuerzas para andar, y no pierdas el tiempo empujando puertas que no cederán

Oh," Obliteration continued, "I think that you'll find a man can do many things thought impossible, if he tries hard enough.

A knife can only be sharpened so far before all you are doing is wearing it away.

Maybe you saw me there when you glanced at the rest of the room, to see what people look like when they actually have to work to get things." He drew his lips to a line. It seemed I'd touched a nerve. Excellent. First blood.

Wszystko kosztuje - odrzek? Ham - Ale czym s? pieni?dze? Fizyczn? interpretacj? abstrakcyjnej koncepcji wysi?ku.

no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it.

The more she thought of it, the more that luck seemed the opposite of being awesome. One was something you did; the other was something that happened to you no matter what you did. Course

You can't have it both ways. You can't be powerless and totally at fault. Which is it?" I thought about that. "It's neither." "Right," FM said. "Some things are under your control, and others aren't. You do the best you can with what you have to work with. And that is what sets you apart—what you do with it.

You don't have the luxury of being bad at this. Don't complain. Change.

Everything costs money," Ham said. "But, what is money? A physical representation of the abstract concept of effort.

Mizzy gave me a little wave, but otherwise completely abandoned me as I was pulled through the crowd. To the dancing. I guess that's what you'd call it. It looked like everyone had insects in their shirts and were trying really hard to get them out. I'd seen dancing in movies, and it had looked a lot more ... coordinated than this.

And...how much are we getting paid for achieving the impossible?