Some people can work their butts off and never get what they're aiming for while others can get it without any effort… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Wishes are an emotionally weak person's way of facing the world. Don't wish what you want, go out and pursue it. The… — Frederick A Babb Copy Share Image
I don't have a lot of time for people who don't take care of their own problems. Everything that needs to be… — Devin Townsend Copy Share Image
Adopting and promoting sustainable production practices require concerted effort, something which in practice is too often missing or insufficient. Making this shift… — Helen Clark Copy Share Image
Nixon was the one force in Montgomery for a number of years that made any effort in the direction of challenging the… — Ella Baker Copy Share Image
For almost a quarter of a century, Teen Ink has been encouraging young people to write - and then has published those… — Anita Silvey Copy Share Image
It is not enough to want to make the effort and to say we'll make the effort. We must actually make the… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Unless you make tremendous efforts, you will not be convinced that effort will take you nowhere. The self is so self-confident that… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
Art is an effort to create, beside the real world, a more humane world. — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Promoting education is an effort that is close to my heart. Illiteracy contributes to poverty; encouraging children to pick up a book… — Sasha Grey Copy Share Image
The central conception of Man in the Gospels is that he is an unfinished creation capable of reaching a higher level by… — Maurice Nicoll Copy Share Image
There came a time in every prolonged effort when he had a moment of near panic, or 'terror in a lonely place',… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
The average billboard has no more than eight words. It takes a lot of effort to make a beer, rice, or shampoo… — David Droga Copy Share Image
I was as secretive - indeed, as furtive - as any conspirator. Discovery, we knew, simply must not happen, or else all… — Frank A. Vanderlip Copy Share Image
Sin and virtue are a game of resistance we play with God in His efforts to draw us towards perfection. — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
The main efforts of investigators have been in papering over contradictions in the big bang theory, to build up an idea which… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share Image
Earning trust is not easy, nor is it cheap, nor does it happen quickly. Earning trust is hard and demanding work. Trust… — Max De Pree Copy Share Image
I believe in my heart that the music community will come together as one and rally to the aid of thousands of… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
The victory one would gain after a whole life of work and effort is better than one that is gained sooner. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Effort is between you, and you, and nobody elseI'm pissed off for greatness. Cause if you ain't pissed off for greatness, that… — Ray Lewis Copy Share Image
What whites have rarely had to think about—because being the dominant group, we are so used to having our will done, with… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I look back on myself on those earlier records, there was so much effort going in, so much trying. With… — Kate Bush Copy Share Image
For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it. — Euripides Copy Share Image
In the yogic tradition, this principle of using intense effort to burn through life's distractions is called Tapas. It's another Sanskrit word,… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
Listening leads to better care, and your doctor should make an effort to hear you out and learn about you. — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
Kindness, as we will see, has many facets. But its essence is as simple as can be. We will find that kindness… — Piero Ferrucci Copy Share Image
Often, when you've reached a very high level of achievement, you almost become paralyzed by the idea that anything you might do… — Gelsey Kirkland Copy Share Image
Sometimes minor details can have a huge impact. If you don't devote 100 percent of your efforts to every detail, you immediately… — Michael Schumacher Copy Share Image
We wanted to make a show that not only highlights the adventure of hunting, but also the fantastic culinary opportunities that a… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
“A masterpiece is created when skills and intelligence blend together. ” — Sukant Ratnakar Copy Share Image
With acting, you have to take it seriously because the other actors are putting in a lot of effort - and if… — Ice T Copy Share Image
John Akers once said that changing IBM's culture was more difficult than getting elephants to dance. Of course it's really difficult, as… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
The last time I was in Chile, I was hypnotized by a friend who is studying to be a curandero, a healer,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
When your effort is low, you're probably not thinking about the opportunity, you're thinking about the obligation. — Eric Thomas Copy Share Image