Quotes About Effort

Women's health is not a niche issue - it impacts everyone in some way. That is why a collective effort to improve awareness and understanding of menstrual hygiene is key to closing the gender health gap.

Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want to take the easy way out, because it's basically what they've understood throughout their lives.

I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one.

I think that for people who are trying to make a difference, you have to start the company being naive. You wouldn't do it if you understood all the work. I work a lot. I wish it was easier.

An excellent job with a dubious undertaking, which is like saying it would be great if it wasn't awful.

Any musical is a major undertaking.

There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

To be part of a winning team was something I had undervalued.

I took what I've been given, and I got where I did on the basis of something that is often undervalued - merit.

I like to be in control of my own athleticism. If I win, I don't want it to be because of my lucky underwear, you know? I want it to be because I put forth the work.

Because we are in the same company, we have the same influence undoubtedly. 2NE1 has been very successful in many ways and I don't know if we can make it as far, but we will try to do it on our own.

Most players who play tennis love the game. But I think you also have to respect it. You want to do everything you can in your power to do your best. And for me, I know I get insane guilt if I go home at the end of the day and don't feel I've done everything I can. If I know I could have done something better, I have this uneasy feeling.

I hate when people say, 'Well, this is unfair for the underdog.' Well, the underdog should try harder.

I worked very hard, but I think it's unfair to make it all sound like it's all David's fault.

Before I got divorced, I was personally unfamiliar with trial, or at least trial of serious, heart-wrenching proportions. I figured that life went smoothly if you tried hard, and if you messed up, or things weren't working out, you just tried harder.

To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view.

Our bodies and our minds have their own timing that pay little attention to our cerebral desires. We can't force or expect things to change as fast as we want, but when we put our efforts in the direction of our intention and drop everything else like snow falling, things unfold with ease.

Should you be so unfortunate as to suppose you are a genius, and that 'things will come to you,' it would be well to undeceive yourself as soon as possible. Make up your mind that industry must be the price of all you obtain, and at once begin to pay down.

A lot of people work extremely hard and through no fault of their own - bad luck, the wrong environment, unfortunate circumstances - struggle to survive.

You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in the unfortunate position of needing to be cast and needing to be liked.

I tend to be that swimmer that doesn't look like she is trying, but is actually dying on the inside. It's a little bit unfortunate because people are, like, 'Can you just try harder?' I was, like, 'If you can see what's going on in my head right now, you wouldn't be telling me that.'

Unfortunately, results are the only thing that some people look at, but there is more to defining success than just stats.

Failure is unfortunately as common as success.

Two sources of success are known: wisdom and effort; make them both thine own, if thou wouldst haply rise.