Decent Quote by David Nicholls Download Open image “Being a decent human being will require effort and energy…” — David Nicholls ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Decent Effort Energy Hard work Humans
In modern industrial society only minimal effort is necessary to satisfy one's physical needs. — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
I think it's extremely difficult consistently being a decent human being. — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
“Baumeister says that people who succeed don't have more willpower than you: they just develop better daily routines and habits, which after a while… — Scott Pape Copy Share Image
“It is difficult for every task to be easy. Similarly, it is not possible for a man to be a human being easily (and… — Hasan Suhail Siddiqui Copy Share Image
When someone has great qualities, sometimes they don't have to put much effort into things. — Dimitar Berbatov Copy Share Image
There is a limit to the work that can be got out of a human body or a human brain, and he is a… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“The fact is that nothing but human energy working productively can produce any of the necessities of human life, any human living conditions.” — Rose Wilder Lane Copy Share Image
“Hard work can sometimes substitute for natural ability, but natural ability almost never makes up for not being willing to do the work.” — Catherine Ryan Hyde Copy Share Image
These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Good God, 'the elusive thing'. She had reached a turning point. She no longer believed that a situation could be made better by writing… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Emma was a shocking driver, simultaneously sloppy and petrified, and for the first fifty miles had been absent-mindedly driving with her spectacles on top… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
I still find it absurdly difficult to concentrate on a novel if there's a phone or computer to hand; I have taken to locking… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
You've got to stop letting women slip drugs into your mouth, Dex, it's unhygienic. And dangerous. One day it'll be a cyanide capsule. — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“He presses two fingers against each eye and attempts to account for this crippling melancholy, but is having trouble with rational thought. It feels… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“Live each day as if it's our last', that was the conventional advice, but really who had the energy for that? What if it… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“How would she fill the days? She had no idea. The trick of it, she told herself, is to be courageous and bold and… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
“What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn't practical. Better by far to simply try and be good and… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when it is going badly, she wonders if what she believes to be a love of the written word is really just a… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
The city had defeated her, just like they said it would. Like some overcrowded party, no one had noticed her arrival, and would notice… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
Be neither too early in the fashion, nor too long out of it, nor too precisely in it; what custom hath civilized is become… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Peace is an ongoing process. It begins with the first step and it does not end. We, all of us alive today, are the… — David Krieger Copy Share Image
As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good… — Howard Keel Copy Share Image
You weren't a decent man and you didn't do your best. We none of us were and none of us did. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes the challenge of beating the jet lag and getting a decent sleep can be as hard to solve as finding the right setup… — Romain Grosjean Copy Share Image
For it is an absurdity to call a country civilized in which a decent and industrious man, laboriously mastering a trade which is valuble… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
The 'key-log' which must be moved to release the evolutionary process for an ethic is simply this: quit thinking about decent land-use as solely… — Land ethic Copy Share Image
The recurrent laryngeal nerve - which runs from the head to the voice box - goes all the way down into the chest, loops… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Every New Yorker spends a certain amount of nervous energy thinking, "How can I afford to stay here? What do I have to sell… — Sharon Zukin Copy Share Image
It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top… — Jerry Kramer Copy Share Image
