Effort Quotes · Page 63

Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.

— Sextus Propertius

If someone loves you, you wouldnt have to beg them to stay, they'd know that's where they belong

— Anonymous

“Think of it, Dad. What if I have it in me to do that, and I don't try?”

— Kim Edwards

It is the individual artist who must act courageously in an effort to grow.

— Mary Carroll Nelson

I do not speak Malayalam and am putting strenuous effort in developing command over the language.

— Sherlyn Chopra

Winning is not everything - but making the effort to win was... If you can't accept losing, you can't win.

— Vince Lombardi

“Patience is both the tool for and the result of, our efforts.”

— Allan Lokos

One degrades oneself sometimes in the effort not to be lonely.

— John Fowles

The scientific effort to inform the public about landslide risks often runs head-on into powerful economic interests.

— Bill Dedman

Anyone can negatively criticize - it is the cheapest of all comment because it requires not a modicum of the effort that…

— Chuck Jones

It didn't happen in the 70s. So I had a whole decade when I was writing these books and maybe there was…

— Judy Blume

Continued adherence to a policy of compulsory education is utterly incompatible with efforts to establish lasting peace.

— Ludwig von Mises

Our effort to build stability through authoritarians in the Middle East for 60 years had given us neither democracy nor stability.

— Condoleezza Rice

Being a father or a mother is not only a great challenge, it is a divine calling. It is an effort requiring…

— James E. Faust

Remember that the most difficult tasks are consummated, not by a single explosive burst of energy or effort, but by the constant…

— Og Mandino

When someone has tried to please you, it is rude, as well as disheartening, to respond by announcing that the effort was…

— Judith Martin

Most of my friends' fathers had been in the war - either as soldiers or in some other capacity in the military.…

— Paul Auster

In the priesthood we share the sacred duty to labor for the souls of men. We must do more than learn that…

— Henry B. Eyring

All that we need explicitly to note is that, the more the passive attention is relied on, by keeping the material interesting;…

— William James

One is not unpopular because he uses peculiar expressions; that just so happens; such terms become a fad, and by and by…

— Soren Kierkegaard

Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness. The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries…

— Seneca the Younger

Part of what the [British] dossier says is this, quote, "The operation", meaning the effort to influence our election, "that has been…

— Rachel Maddow

When a man gets to despair he knows that all his thinking will never get him out. He will only get out…

— Oswald Chambers

Amid the cheering of the crowds, he hardly heard his master's voice, but he saw the familiar head and shoulders, and the…

— Ernest Thompson Seton

Relationship last long because two people made a choice: To keep it, fight for it and work for it.

— Ritu Ghatourey

Even the contemplative life is only an effort, Nora my dear, to hide the body so the feet won’t stick out.

— Djuna Barnes

We must put effort and energy into anything we wish to change.

— Erin Morgenstern

You need a lot of effort and talent to produce greatness.

— Tom Rath

When you are doing God's will everything seems to happen without much effort or many obstacles.

— Mary C. Neal

“Underachievement is not an affliction but a description of unrealized potential.”

— Asuni LadyZeal

I always believe someone somewhere is working harder than me and that motivates me to work harder, give 100%.

— Sheryl Swoopes

“The difference between mediocrity and excellence is often a matter of effort.”

— Diana Waring

Many of my e-mails have been maliciously taken out of context, another effort by those assaulting my career.

— Jack Abramoff

Freedom requires no effort to enjoy but requires heroic efforts to preserve.

— Richard G. Scott

I was determined that if I failed it wouldn't be due to lack of effort

— Heston Blumenthal

Faith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true.

— Elbert Hubbard

Any opportunity that is backed with effort and intelligence is what is known as LUCK.

— Kemmy Nola

We have to make a sustained effort, again and again, to cultivate the positive aspects within us.

— Dalai Lama

“Any situation with effort can be morphed to adhere to or represent personal desires.”

— Steven Redhead

Mental development is a by-product of hard work and effort.

— Bryan Kest