Quotes About Effort

What do I have to do to earn and deserve the key relationships that are going to get me where I want to go?

I'm not against work, I think work is great, I work a lot; but if you want to play, the consequences must not be important.

Yes - Action is the key! Cuz - when we take action we get a result - it might not always be the result we want but nevertheless it's a result - something we can learn from.

It's just a campy blast. I just want to do as little as I can and make it good, and try not to sell out. I'm sure I will, but I'm just trying to postpone it.

You have to run as fast as you can just to stay where you are. If you want to get anywhere, you'll have to run much faster.

I haven't even really tried to win you over, Roza. When I want to, I can be very persuasive.

To be successful, you need to really work hard. And every study in the last 50 years says that successful people say, "I am not smarter than anybody else. I just want to work harder and longer."

You can get ahead in the world. But you will have to work, you will have to want tremendously to accomplish something, and then be willing to pay the price. Are you willing?

You got to risk it if you want the biscuit.

If we think it takes a lot of effort and hard work to get what we want, then our life is going to be about struggle.

The things are mighty few on earth that wishes can attain. Whate'er we want of any worth, we've got to work to gain.

I've got one shot going through this life. I want to make sure I do as much as I can.

Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.

How' is always more important that 'what.' See if you can give much more attention to the doing than to the result that you want to achieve through it.

Be persistent. Understand the ways in which your hard work is going to be necessary to achieve the goals that you want.

Guys, particularly in the West, go to the gym and train for hours and hours to pick up something that is heavier than them. Why would you want to do that?

I'm a person who likes to give 100 percent to everything I do. I want to be the best at my job and as a mother.

Life is what you put into it and how much you take out of it. You put in more than is expected, and you take out less than you want.

Because we're trying, because we want, it's very hard to get.

Nobody roots for people who presume success. You have to earn success, and success is earned by making a movie that audiences like and want to see more of.

People do not get what they want or what they expect from the markets; they get what they deserve.

People would love to be rich, but they're looking for the easy way. Who wouldn't want to win the lottery? Just to score.

I think egg boiling is the hardest thing I've ever done, but I can make a tiramisu anytime you want.

Even if you want something so badly, without talent, you can't even get the opportunity. You remain as the chorus for the rest of your life.