Effort Quotes · Page 54

It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.

— A.J. Ayer

The Buddhas do but tell the way; it is for you to swelter at the task.

— Gautama Buddha

“All honest effort produces lessons. We must embrace every type of learning, even failure.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort.

— Dizzy Dean

Perhaps immortality is a gift of heaven rather than the result of some human effort.

— Wang Yangming

We spend a lot of effort trying to make things look effortless.

— Alexander Isley

I love it when the guy still fights for me even though there's no certainty that he'll win my heart.

— Anonymous

Effort is one of the best way to prove that you really love that person even without commitment.

— Anonymous

“In this world, there is effort for those who are 'doers' and for those who are 'non-doers', there is splendour!”

— Dada Bhagwan

I wouldn't say that the efforts of academics to critique the media's messages are "half-hearted." As far as I am aware, the…

— Noam Chomsky

We are so used to not having kids around [on Twilight] that we had to really make an effort to try and…

— Ashley Greene

For the great mass of mankind the only saving grace that is needed is steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand…

— Joseph Conrad

If you are in a remote desert island, let your best hope be your own efforts to build a ship instead of…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

It was probably not an appropriate term, but we support the war effort and believe we should be supporting our troops and…

— Stephen Harper

I'm going to bring my best efforts and do my very best every day to support our new president's [Donald Trump] agenda…

— Mike Pence

Then he made one last effort to search in his heart for the place where his affection had rotted away, and he…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

As teachers and coaches, we must remember that when mere winning is our only goal, we are doomed to disappointment and failure.…

— Mike Krzyzewski

Ebooks represent a shift from a culture of scarcity to a culture of abundance. In the past, publishing required a great deal…

— David Gerrold

If you want something good to come out of something, you have to put in a lot of effort. That involves a…

— Ed O'Brien

What I like about cooking is that, so long as you follow the recipe exactly, everything always turns out perfect. It’s too…

— Josh Lanyon

How is freedom measured, in individuals as in nations? By the resistance which has to be overcome, by the effort it costs…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I often find during a day of shooting I will speak in an American accent all day long when I'm doing dialogue.…

— Henry Cavill

Manners,[...] are severly underappreciated in my opinion". "Oh?" Where practiced well, they remove the probability that someone in my position will be…

— Michelle Sagara

Summer, with its dog days, its vacations, its distractions, is over. We have had our holidays, our rest, our recreation. The fall…

— B. C. Forbes

During a fashion show, I want the clothes to speak. The effort I put into my work must be respected.

— Giorgio Armani

Blood, sweat, tears. No practice tomorrow 'cause there's no one left to beat.

— Bobby Orr

We will make every effort with utmost sincerity to achieve a peaceful reunification of the country.

— Hu Jintao

Trust in God and destroy fear, which paralyzes all efforts to succeed and attracts the very thing you fear.

— Paramahansa Yogananda

Last time I checked, a friendship needed mutual effort. Meaning we BOTH put effort in.

— Anonymous

It is not that practice makes perfect but that practice is perfect, combining effort with an openness to grace.

— David Richo

I am attracted to people who make this effort in knowing what suits them - they are individual and stylish.

— Vivienne Westwood

See the positive side, the potential, and make an effort.

— Dalai Lama

To learn, you have to listen. To improve, you have to try.

— Thomas Jefferson

It wasn't until I moved to New York that I decided to make a conscious effort to be myself.

— Kumail Nanjiani

It's so hard when I have to, And so easy when I want to.

— Anonymous

From the sea of effortlessness, let your great uncaused compassion shine forth.

— Hakuin Ekaku

God is limitless in His love, and asks that we at least make the effort to be limitless in ours.

— Marianne Williamson

We can control a few things: our attitude, our effort, our focus and how we go about treating our teammates.

— Tim Tebow

Happiness is putting more energy into your intentions rather than your expectations.

— Melody Minagar

Whenever we strive to make progress in our meditations, contemplations and so forth we are practicing effort.

— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso