Quotes About Effort

In chess there's a saying: "Only the good players are lucky.

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread.

If you are going to be a writer there is nothing I can say to stop you; if you're not going to be a writer nothing I can say will help you. What you really need at the beginning is somebody to let you know that the effort is real.

It's a long way," John said slowly, "ain't it? It's a hard way. It's uphill all the way.

Perhaps such secrets, the secrets of everyone, were only expressed when the person laboriously ragged them into the light of the world, imposed them on the world, and made them a part of the world's experience. Without this effort, the secret place was merely a dungeon in which the person perished; without this effort, indeed, the entire world would be an uninhabitable darkness; and she saw, with a dreadful reluctance why this effort was so rare.

On the contrary, we have a very deep-seated distrust of real intellectual effort (probably because we suspect that it will destroy, as I hope it does, that myth of America to which we cling so desperately).

if you've loved anybody that long, first as an infant, then as a child, then as a man, you gain a strange perspective on time and human pain and effort.

The effort not to know what one knows is the most corrupting effort one can make—

To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread. It

Write. Find a way to keep alive and write. There is nothing else to say. If you are going to be a writer there is nothing I can say to stop you; if you're not going to be a writer nothing I can say will help you. What you really need at the beginning is somebody to let you know that the effort is real.

because expending energy trying to motivate people is largely a waste of time.

turning good into great takes energy, but the building of momentum adds more energy back into the pool than it takes out.

Spending time and energy trying to "motivate" people is a waste of effort. The real question is not, "How do we motivate our people?" If you have the right people, they will be self-motivated. The key is to not de-motivate them. One of the primary ways to de-motivate people is to ignore the brutal facts of reality.

Everyone gets luck, good and bad, but 10X winners make more of the luck they get.

quando in una famiglia c'erano più lavoratori che membri non lavoratori, la famiglia riduceva lo sforzo lavorativo complessivo una volta assicurata la produzione sufficiente.

Always remember, child,' her first teacher had impressed on her, 'that to think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral you down into ever-increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort.

Always remember, child,' her first teacher had impressed on her, 'that to think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral you down into ever-increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline—training—is about.

that to think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral you down into ever-increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort.

an able man has many burdens. As I'm abler than most I have to sweat more than most.

to think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral you down into the ever-increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however,requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline - training - is about. So, train your mind to dwell on sweet perfumes...

if you succeed or fail, what does it matter? The try will live forever!

To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind by itself it will spiral you down into ever-increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts however requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline-training- is about.

The roots of learning are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.   —Polish Proverb

We ask for progress, not perfection. Just do your best.