Quotes About Effort

Care and diligence bring luck.

Luck is what you have left over after you give ioo percent.

It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort.

There are a hundred paths through the world that are easier than loving. But who wants easier?

There is no secret to a long marriage - it's hard work...It's serious business, and certainly not for cowards.

A good marriage isn't something you find; it's something you make.

Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.

Marriage is like pantyhose. It all depends on what you put into it.

You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendship. You can't just say she's my best friend. That's not a given, it's a process.

A successful marriage is not a gift; it is an achievement.

[On marriage:] Someone once said that it was like a crowded church - those outside were endeavouring to get in, and those inside were making violent efforts to get out.

Some of the best advice I got from a close friend is marriage is always looked at from the world as 50/50 as to working together to make that 100 percent.

I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my best, but I do realise the common denominator is me; it's something I'm doing.

A man's enjoyment of all good things is in exact proportion to the pains he has undergone to gain them.

Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.

No man knows what he can do until he tries.

He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front.

The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.

The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing.

I am a 21st century man. I don't believe in magic. I believe in sweat, tears, life and death.

I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it.

Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man.

I don't believe in luck. Luck comes to men of action.

Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.