Quotes About Effort

Its reward is in the doing, And the rapture of pursuing Is the prize

Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.

Toiling,—rejoicing,—sorrowing,   Onward through life he goes; Each morning sees some task begin,   Each evening sees it close Something attempted, something done,   Has earned a night's repose.

The heights by which great men reach are not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept went toiling upwards through the night. It may not be exact but it always how I remember it.

Success is not something to wait for, it is something to work for.

Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.

The fact that the human act is self-directed or built up means in no sense that the actor necessarily exercises excellence in its construction. Indeed, he may do a very poor job in constructing his act.

that one most perilous and long voyage ended, only begins a second; and a second ended, only begins a third, and so on, for ever and for aye. Such is the endlessness, yea, the intolerableness of all earthly effort.

Glimpses do ye seem to see of that mortally intolerable truth; that all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea; while the wildest winds of heaven and earth conspire to cast her on the treacherous, slavish shore.

all deep, earnest thinking is but the intrepid effort of the soul to keep the open independence of her sea

Such is the endlessness, yea, the intolerableness of all earthly effort.

I try all things; I achieve what I can.

The notion of overnight stardom is really dangerous. For almost every person who has success in this business, there are years and years of hard work to get there. To have longevity, you really have to train, and you really have to work.

With Hall & Oates, honestly, after years and years of playing the same material, it's easy to coast. I can coast through a show.

People have been trying to make a two-hour feature film of 'Outlander' for years and years and years.

You've got to continue to be patient and get all your ducks in a row in order to make a success within this business. It's not an easy thing to get into. It takes years and years and years.

Yes, it's absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly - until you can learn to do it well.

Yes, you tend to lose patience but selection is not in your hands. All you can do is perform, perform and perform and that's what I enjoy doing.

Every time Wimbledon is on, I am thinking, 'Yes, I could do the same and get out the racket.' Sadly, not the same results.

I was always, you know, a decent player growing up. And yes, I was born with a certain amount of so-called 'natural ability.' But I also worked and sacrificed a lot to try to maximize what I was born with - which I think is important to point out.

I guess if I was made responsible for every single line of dialogue in a game and every single piece of textual visual detail, every sign or piece of graffiti, then yes, I think that would be comparable to the time and effort required to write a very long novel, indeed.

Daawat-E-Ishq' did not do as well as we expected, so yes, when a film doesn't do as well as you wanted it to, it hurts, especially after you have put your sweat and blood on it.

Yes I try to do everything I can not to fail hideously.

How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.