Effort Quote by Charles Robert Maturin

Life is futile unless it be directed towards a definite goal.

— Stefan Zweig

We've got one shot at this life, and to not be productive with what we've been given, to me, is a travesty. I think…

— Mellody Hobson

Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws.

— Oscar Wilde

Is about to throw out what is wasteful and abandon unsuccessful situations, replacing them with something more solid and useful

— Hussein Nishah

Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.

— Ezra Taft Benson

Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our…

— Anonymous

Indeed, nearly all attempts to exterminate a doctrine and its organizational expression, by force without spiritual foundation, are doomed to failure, and not seldom…

— Adolf Hitler

The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.

— Orison Swett Marden

Goals achieved with little effort are seldom worthwhile or lasting.

— John Wooden

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. There is no failure except in…

— Elbert Hubbard

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert…

— Horace

People come up with resolutions that don’t reflect what matters most to them, and that makes them almost guaranteed to fail.

— Kelly McGonigal