Quotes About Effort

I will not know that day has come because I will not stop trying.

I'm not trying to do any good! I know I can't solve the problem right now! But I do have feelings! And none of this is fun!

I had to put this slim volume back into my bookshelf and drink a J&B on the rocks, followed by two Xanax, to recover from the effort.

Even victories take their toll on a man.

It is vitally important to the future of the Imperium that we understand the secret of melange. To date, no one has spent the time or effort to unravel its mysteries. People think of Arrakis as an unending source of riches, and they don't care about the mechanics or the details. Shallow thinking.

Saro was breathing like a bellows, still hard on her opponent's heels. At the sound of Bragoon's whistle, Saro summoned up all her energy and put on a massive burst of speed. As the finishing line loomed up, Springald set her eyes dead ahead, racing wildly for it. Saro made a mighty leap. She sailed up and over, passing above the startled mousemaid's head, to land beyond the line, half a pace ahead, right beside Brother Weld, who roared out, "Saro wins!

When did life start being something you had to work at and not something that just is?

You're the one saying how vital offing these kids and grabbing their brat is to the war effort, right? Well, I'm telling you I need way more cash to do it right, so-- Lying. How have you not murdered that creature by now? Oh, I've tried.

practice makes better

My philosophy is that I only come around once, as far as I know, before going into the darkness. If you don't do it well, it isn't worth doing, is it?

I would have been a lot better off if I'd studied more when I was growing up, y'know. But you know where it all went wrong was the day they started the spelling bee. Because up until that day I was an idiot, but nobody else knew.

You have to put in many, many, many tiny efforts that nobody sees or appreciates before you achieve anything worthwhile.

The hardest part of any important task is getting started on it in the first place. Once you actually begin work on a valuable task, you seem to be naturally motivated to continue.

The success you are enjoying today is the result of the price you have paid in the past.

The most valuable tasks you can do each day are often the hardest and most complex. But the payoff and rewards for completing these tasks efficiently can be tremendous.

The price of success must be paid in full, in advance.

As Pat Riley, the basketball coach, said, Anytime you stop striving to get better, you're bound to get worse.

There is an old saying that by the yard it's hard; but inch by inch, anything's a cinch!

Success in life is in direct proportion to what you do after you do what you are expected to do.

Anytime you stop striving to get better, you're bound to get worse.

Your success in life will be in direct proportion to what you do after you do what you are expected to do.

There's only one direction you can coast.

You'll always get out of life what you put in-and you control what you put in.

Talent Is Overrated