Effort and hard work construct the bridge that connects your dreams to reality. Votes: 5
Daisaku IkedaNo one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. Votes: 4
Ramana MaharshiContinuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential. Votes: 4
Winston ChurchillThe man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. Votes: 4
Roger BannisterPersistence is nothing more than Concentrated Effort mixed with Determination and Faith. Votes: 3
Napoleon HillEffort is the key in the relative; effortlessness is the key to the Absolute. Votes: 3
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarEffort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world. Votes: 3
William JamesHappiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. Votes: 2
Franklin D. RooseveltThe results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply. Votes: 2
Denis WaitleyThe achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. Votes: 2
Vince LombardiWe've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it. Votes: 2
Frank A. ClarkSometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night. Votes: 2
Michael JordanMost people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second. Votes: 2
William JamesDressing up is like therapy; I feel better in myself when I've made an effort. Votes: 1
Paloma FaithI am not what you see.I am what time and effort and interaction slowly unveil. Votes: 1
Richelle E. GoodrichGreat time is for those who made effort. Better time is for those who made gain. Votes: 1
Angelo QuiamcoNone of the things I have done would have been accomplished without a true team effort. Votes: 1
Nick LampsonTruth matters. Everything we can do to find, feed, and strengthen it is worth the effort. Votes: 1
Virginia H. PearceDon't believe in success. Rather than that, believe in the amount of your effort and passion. Votes: 1
SeungriOur dreams are our own, and only we can know the effort required to keep them alive. Votes: 1
Paulo CoelhoUntil you make the effort to get to know someone or something, you donât know anything. Votes: 1
Ben HorowitzThe conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort. Votes: 0
Daniel KahnemanExcellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation. Votes: 0
William Arthur WardAnything acquired without effort, and without cost is generally unappreciated. Votes: 0
Napoleon HillExcellence demands effort and planned, deliberate practice of increasing difficulty Votes: 0
K. Anders EricssonHumility is the virtue that requires the greatest amount of effort. Votes: 0
Rose Philippine DuchesneSport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort. Votes: 0
Pierre de CoubertinMetaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly. Votes: 0
William JamesSimon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness. Votes: 0
William GoldingOur breathing reflects every emotional or physical effort and every disturbance. Votes: 0
Moshe FeldenkraisHappiness is not merely money, which is fun for effort and achievement Votes: 0
Franklin D. RooseveltFreedom requires no effort to enjoy but requires heroic efforts to preserve. Votes: 0
Richard G. ScottFanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. Votes: 0
George SantayanaFor most people, lack of consistent, persistent effort is the biggest obstacle. Votes: 0
Edgar Cayce... a bit of conversational sex makes a pleasant climate for creative effort ... Votes: 0
Anita LoosHumankind's constant effort to fix its shortcomings is what drives human history. Votes: 0
Joel GarreauNil Sine Magno Labore ("Nothing without great effort") --Motto of Brooklyn College Votes: 0
Tony-Paul de VissageTo enjoy true, vibrant health, increased awareness, effort, and focus are required. Votes: 0
Rand OlsonInscribe all human effort with one word, artistry's haunting curse, the Incomplete! Votes: 0
Robert BrowningThe key that unlocks your greatness is deliberate, disciplined and consistent effort. Votes: 0
Darren HardyGreat effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life Votes: 0
William Ellery ChanningNowadays, to get a movie greenlit, you have to make an incredible effort. Votes: 0
Catherine HardwickeOnly evil grows of itself, while for goodness we want effort and courage. Votes: 0
Henri Frederic AmielMarriage cannot thrive on left-over attention, it has to get your best effort! Votes: 0
Ngina OtiendeBecause the results are unpredictable, no effort of mine is doomed to failure. Votes: 0
Hugh PratherSometimes moving on takes effort. Sometimes moving on is harder than it looks. Votes: 0
Simone ElkelesGive Mozart a fairy tale and he creates without effort an immortal masterpiece. Votes: 0
Camille Saint-SaensPurity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort. Votes: 0
Yamamoto TsunetomoLike any other living, growing thing, love requires effort to keep it healthy.... Votes: 0
Leo BuscagliaSuccess is less interesting than struggle. There is great pleasure in the effort. Votes: 0
Willa CatherSheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with privilege and position Votes: 0
Toyotomi HideyoshiThe extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done. Votes: 0
Kareem Abdul-JabbarAll men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree. Votes: 0
Nicolas Boileau-DespreauxIt takes forever to make a film. It's a gargantuan thing of untold effort. Votes: 0
Francesca GregoriniThe key to success is effort. The bigger the goal, the greater the effort. Votes: 0
Michael JosephsonIts cool when people notice that you make an effort to live certain values. Votes: 0
David ArchuletaDemocracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort. Votes: 0
John F. KennedyIt is the individual artist who must act courageously in an effort to grow. Votes: 0
Mary Carroll NelsonGet Health. No labor, effort nor exercise that can gain it must be grudged. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonBecause failure isn't an option if success is just a matter of more effort. Votes: 0
W. Bruce CameronIt's cool when people notice that you make an effort to live certain values. Votes: 0
David ArchuletaMental effort, I would argue, is relatively rare. Most of the time we coast. Votes: 0
Daniel KahnemanSomeone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think. Votes: 0
Emma GoldmanLike a garden that is carefully tended, the rewards are well worth the effort. Votes: 0
Anodea JudithGod and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor. Votes: 0
Samuel ButlerNo one makes a million dollars with minimal effort unless they win the lottery. Votes: 0
Gary VaynerchukAll self-effort is but sinking sand. Christ alone is the Rock of our salvation. Votes: 0
Henry Allen IronsideWhen workers can get and equal return for less effort, workers make less effort Votes: 0
John StosselOur emotions Are only "incidents" In the effort to keep day and night together. Votes: 0
T. S. EliotI have found that living with faith in an unseen world requires constant effort. Votes: 0
Philip YanceyIf you are not emotionally involved, your client is not getting your best effort. Votes: 0
Joe JamailYoga is effort. Only practice is important. The rest of knowledge is only theory. Votes: 0
B.K.S. IyengarIf we make consistent effort, based on proper education, we can change the world. Votes: 0
Dalai LamaWhen something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing. Votes: 0
Enrique Jardiel PoncelaPutting forth the effort to succeed is (tan.ta.mount), tantamount to your success. Votes: 0
Jon JonesIf you try and fail, make another effort, and still another...until you succeed. Votes: 0
Napoleon HillFreedom is not an individual effort. Yours comes only when you grant others theirs Votes: 0
Sergio AragonesEnthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonSatisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiThe difficulties of not knowing are always much greater than the effort of learning. Votes: 0
Andrew LoomisTalent is a long patience, and originality an effort of will and intense observation. Votes: 0
Gustave FlaubertWhat I find amazing is how sometimes ideas will just click, seemingly without effort. Votes: 0
Debra HamelIf you shift from compulsiveness to consciousness, being joyful will not be an effort. Votes: 0
Jaggi VasudevDiscovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort. Votes: 0
Fred RogersYes, the fullness of the gospel is a pearl of great price worth any effort. Votes: 0
Joseph B. WirthlinThe best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonEvil originates not in the absence of guilt; but in our effort to escape it. Votes: 0
Shannon L. AlderFaith is the effort to believe what your common sense tells you is not true. Votes: 0
Elbert HubbardMaking movies is an effort, is an attempt to leave a trace of your existence. Votes: 0
Frederick WisemanTrue hope responds to the real world, to real life; it is an active effort.... Votes: 0
Walter Inglis AndersonWhy be difficult, when with only a little bit of effort, you can be impossible? Votes: 0
Georgia CatesNothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known. Votes: 0
Chuck PalahniukOur hearts are enfeebled by PROSPERITY so that we cannot make an effort to pray. Votes: 0
John CalvinYour success will be proportioned to the amount of mental effort you devote to it. Votes: 0
T. E. LawrenceKeep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. Votes: 0
William JamesAnyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man. Votes: 0
Leonard WoolfTheology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenIn new work, we need to see the shadow, however faint, of previous literary effort. Votes: 0
Phillip LopatePerhaps immortality is a gift of heaven rather than the result of some human effort. Votes: 0
Wang YangmingGuys always attract my attention when they wear nice clothes and they make an effort. Votes: 0
Georgia SalpaHustling is putting every minute and all your effort into achieving the goal at hand. Votes: 0
Gary VaynerchukLiterature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt takes a constant effort of mind to avoid the abundance that life offers naturally. Votes: 0
Stuart WildeThey made small effort to cover their raw souls with the mantle of commonplace words. Votes: 0
Susan GlaspellAll creative effort - including the making of an omelet - is preceded by destruction. Votes: 0
Yi-Fu TuanFreedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort. Votes: 0
Calvin CoolidgeWhere ruts have not yet been worn, it requires less effort to stay out of them. Votes: 0
Daniel J. BoorstinIt takes a lot of effort to win back credibility after having lost it so heavily. Votes: 0
Giorgio NapolitanoAl Gore completely lied about climate change in an effort to make a lot of money. Votes: 0
Greg GutfeldThe only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort. Votes: 0
Norton JusterEven though my work life is very intense, I make a conscious effort to be healthy. Votes: 0
Jessica ScorpioAll effort is in the last analysis sustained by the faith that it is worth making. Votes: 0
Ordway TeadA fanatic is a man who, when he's lost sight of his purpose, redoubles his effort. Votes: 0
Poul AndersonWriting and reading fiction is, I think, a human effort to make sense of the world. Votes: 0
Robin HobbThanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted. Votes: 0
Man RayTo be completely honest with oneself is the very best effort a human being can make. Votes: 0
Sigmund FreudThe effort to try to feel happy is often precisely the thing that makes us miserable, Votes: 0
Oliver BurkemanWhen you don't want something enough to make the effort, making an effort is a waste. Votes: 0
Malcolm ForbesThe enemy will not see you vanish into God's company without an effort to reclaim you. Votes: 0
C. S. LewisA Train was born without any effort - if was like writing a letter to a friend. Votes: 0
Billy StrayhornA great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort. Votes: 0
John RuskinYou must not for one moment give up the effort to build up new lives for yourself. Votes: 0
Daisaku IkedaThe trick to getting ahead is to give it the same effort you give to getting even. Votes: 0
Robert BreaultGold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day. Votes: 0
Gabby DouglasOne does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God. Votes: 0
Dallas WillardYou might be a redneck if in an effort to watch your cholesterol, you eat Spam Lite. Votes: 0
Jeff FoxworthyEvery day of my life I make an effort. Like, everything's an effort - a good effort. Votes: 0
Finn JonesWhat thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most. Votes: 0
Andre GideWe're so absorbed in the effort to get rich, we no longer recognize when we are rich. Votes: 0
Andy StanleyBut we can trust him Roger, I swear," she said with a final effort,"Because he's Will. Votes: 0
Philip PullmanBooze takes a lot of time and effort if you're going to do a good job with it. Votes: 0
Raymond CarverThe fun you get from golf is in direct ratio to the effort you don't put into it. Votes: 0
Bob AllenMost every book I bring into the world is like birthing a baby; it's a lot of effort! Votes: 0
Barbara KingsolverIf one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name. Votes: 0
A. A. MilneI make a real effort to try and live in the real world and not just the dream world. Votes: 0
Charlize TheronWe cannot get happiness by striving after it, and yet with an effort we can impart it.
Robert Wilson LyndLove is the effort and desire to make someone else everything they were created to be.
Timothy KellerSometimes slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.
Barack ObamaOptimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful.
Bill VaughanThe joy of God is so exquisite that any sacrifice is worth the effort and seeming pain.
David HawkinsSuccess at anything will always come down to this: focus & effort. And we control both.
Dwayne JohnsonWe've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.
Frank Howard ClarkThe best things in life must come by effort from within, not by gifts from the outside.
Fred Pierce CorsonLife is enriched by aspiration and effort, rather than by acquisition and accumulation.
Helen and Scott NearingSurely there is no road of effort so steep but a loving deed may soften its hardshness.
Helen KellerI cannot give active support in the war effort without denying a life-time of practice.
Mahatma GandhiAds represent the main channel of intellectual and artistic effort in the modern world.
Marshall McLuhanEvery effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice of energy. I never paid such a price.
Nikola TeslaThe more recent effort to encourage everyone to pray in common involves so many people.
Shane ClaiborneThe greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort.
Tibor FischerIf the effort also is predestined, it is not the less our effort, made of our free will.
Albert Pikehe had been making an unsuccessful effort to write something about nothing in particular
Aldous HuxleyThere's enough hate in the world. I command you to love. And you have to make an effort.
Dorothy DayIt never does much good to find out why you can't; put your effort into what you can do.
Ernest LawrenceThrough effort you will cross any raging flood, through energy you will pass any sorrow.
Gautama BuddhaI have in my own fashion learned the lesson that life is effort, unremittingly repeated.
Henry JamesYou really can give a 110% effort towards something that you are truly passionate about.
Robert CheekeWe shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.
William Graham SumnerMy favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.
Adrian BelewWe must always aim for the impossible; if we lower our goal, we also diminish our effort.
Dorothy DayActually I never make a mistake, because it takes a huge effort for me to make a mistake.
Johan CruijffIf you're not ready to make the greatest effort, don't even think about the greatest goal
Paul TwitchellIn an effort to get the work of the Lord done we often lose contact with the Lord of work.
Aiden Wilson TozerThe great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature.
Antonio GaudiAll translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.
Benjamin JowettThe more you expand your awareness, the more naturally you will be present without effort.
Deepak ChopraI usually try to make my images look like they just exist, like no effort was put into it.
Mario TestinoA good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.
W. Somerset MaughamWorldviews are more a mental security blanket than a serious effort to understand the world
Bryan CaplanMuch sheer effort goes into avoiding the truth; left to itself, it sweeps in like the tide.
Fay WeldonGood books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.
Gordon B. HinckleyCivilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort.
Jose Ortega y GassetIt wasn't until I moved to New York that I decided to make a conscious effort to be myself.
Kumail NanjianiPeople make a lot of effort not to remember, not to accept their immense magical potential.
Paulo CoelhoEnvy has the ugliness of a trapped rat that has gnawed its own foot in its effort to escape.
Angus WilsonPeople choose the paths that grant them the greatest rewards for the least amount of effort.
David ShoreThe exhausting effort to control time by altering the effects of age doesn't bring happiness
Diane KeatonThere must be the... generating force of Love behind every effort destined to be successful.
Henry David ThoreauThere's something funny about being on a big stage and not making a big effort to fill it up
Jemaine ClementThe score will take care of itself when you take care of the effort that precedes the score.
John WoodenPeople who get what they want tend to be the ones who make the effort to KNOW what they want
Martha BeckImpossible is just the possible that someone has not put enough effort to make it come true.
Miguel NicolelisThe only effort worth making is the one it takes to learn the geography of one's own nature.
Paul BowlesThis war in Iraq is part of a larger effort to remove this terrorist threat from the planet.
Paul CellucciEverything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature.
Seneca the YoungerThere is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish.
Seneca the YoungerWhen you try to stop activity to achieve passivity your very effort fills you with activity.
SengcanAll saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.
Thomas BecketOnly through practice and more practice, until you can do something without conscious effort.
Joe HyamsConcern for man himself must always constitute the chief objective of all technological effort
Albert EinsteinThrough meditation and gentle cooperation, the body will heal itself with little or no effort.
Bryant H. McGillEuler calculated without effort, just as men breathe, as eagles sustain themselves in the air.
Francois AragoThe California cemeteries make dying sound so attractive it's a real effort to keep breathing.
Jack PaarIt's such a colossal effort not to be haunted by what's lost, but to be enchanted by what was.
Jandy NelsonI always say, to have a big dream requires the same effort as having a small dream. Dream big!
Jorge Paulo LemannCompassion is not feeling sorry for others. It's not soft. It requires an intellectual effort.
Karen ArmstrongIn the world of knowledge, the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort.
PlatoIt is not only possible to be the person you pretend to be, but there is less effort involved.
Robert BreaultSuccess is measured simply by the amount of effort we put forth, in conquering our objectives.
Robert M. HenselOne's art is just one's effort to wed oneself to the universe, to unify oneself through union.
Robert MotherwellThe greater the value of the object desired, the greater the effort required in it attainment.
Rudger ClawsonOpportunity follows struggle. It follows effort. It follows hard work. It doesn't come before.
Shelby SteeleEverything you do is right, nothing you do is wrong, yet you must still make ceaseless effort.
Shunryu SuzukiYou can always control the results. You can always control your attitude and effort every day.
Will ComptonHabits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
Charles DuhiggGrowing up in the 70s and 80s, it took effort to be a nerd. You had to seek out the nerd stuff.
Chris HardwickThere is nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (209) - "Effort is Everything" by Bud Selig
Denzel WashingtonLanguage should almost break up or explode in its fruitless effort to contain so many meanings.
Eugene IonescoBook marketing is a skill: it takes knowledge, effort, and persistence to really be successful.
Heather HartWhen you are doing God's will everything seems to happen without much effort or many obstacles.
Mary C. NealFailure is much easier to handle if you just think of it as feedback to guide your next effort.
Michael JosephsonNothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.
Milan KunderaPeople are capable of seeing the deceit they're ensnared in. They just have to make the effort.
Noam ChomskyYou're a terrible liar, Sage, but I'm still touched you'd attempt it for my sake. A for effort.
Richelle MeadWe forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort.
William JamesDo what is healing to your spirit and without effort you will bring the world healing in return.
Alan CohenAtheist, without God, I look to humankind for sympathy, for love, for hope, for effort, for aid.
Charles BradlaughWhat I believe is that, by proper effort, we make the future almost anything we want to make it.
Charles KetteringI am passionate about any effort to achieve social justice and equality, particularly for women.
Christy TurlingtonLife is so crowded with every day. It takes great effort to step aside and just watch and think.
Dagobert D. RunesGreat art is created only through diligent and painstaking effort to perfect and polish oneself.
Daisaku IkedaSimply by making the effort to start something, you will be miles ahead of almost everyone else.
Gary PlayerCity's effort to end homelessness among veterans is different than how things used to be in L.A.
John Carlos FreyYou've got to go after your dreams. If you don't make an effort, nothing's ever going to change.
Kevin JamesNations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.
Abdul KalamThe one thing for sure is, I don't ever want to waste a movie. I don't ever want to waste effort.
Adam McKayYoung people can be the catalyst for starting the effort to redefine what's important in America.
Andrew ShueEverything I did that required effort, I opened my mouth. Even to catch a ball, I opened my mouth
Betty CuthbertEvery great human achievement is preceeded by extended periods of dedicated, concentrated effort.
Brian TracyEvil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art.
Charles BaudelaireWe have to make a sustained effort, again and again, to cultivate the positive aspects within us.
Dalai LamaWhenever you make a big effort and take risks, getting good results and points is very rewarding.
Dani PedrosaI pranced around the room like a blind moose, but what I lacked in grace I made up for in effort.
Kiera CassSuccess is a journey, not a destination. It requires constant effort, vigilance and reevaluation.
Mark TwainProgress can be slow and gradual. Continue putting in effort with patience, enthusiasm and faith.
Mata AmritanandamayiTry to exist even under hardest conditions! That is the effort which deserves the applauses most!
Mehmet Murat ildanThe effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death.
Monty OumFreedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
Theodore RooseveltPeople expect that they should be understood by you but seldom put in an effort to understand you.
Amit AbrahamThe entire effort of artificial intelligence is essentially a fight against computersâ rigidity.
Douglas HofstadterIf men will not act for themselves, what will they do when the benefit of their effort is for all?
Elbert HubbardPeace and solidarity in Europe is not a law of nature. It requires caring, effort and perseverance
Helle Thorning-SchmidtEffort makes some great men famous. Even greater effort enables other great men to remain unknown.
Idries ShahBusiness is the ultimate sport. In business, as in sport, the one thing you can control is effort.
Mark CubanMost of the effort in the software business goes into the maintenance of code that already exists.
Wietse VenemaIntegrity makes my job easier. It's deception and dishonesty that requires so much diligent effort.
Bobby BowdenTrust that things will be okay - especially if you put in the time and effort to make them be okay.
Drew BarrymoreTell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.
Emma ThompsonNo part of Italian society should see itself as exempt from the effort to save Italy from collapse.
Giorgio NapolitanoNothing worthwhile comes easily. Half effort does not produce half results, it produces no results.
Hamilton HoltLike art, religion is an imaginative and creative effort to find a meaning and value in human life.
Karen ArmstrongBeijing would indeed consider vetoing any American effort to sanction Iran at the Security Council.
Li ZhaoxingThe only thing any entrepreneur, salesperson or anyone in any position can control is their effort.
Mark CubanI think I may be a better person for having given serious time and thought and effort to gardening.
Martha StewartIt does not matter the size of the man, rather the amount of effort the man is willing to put forth
Woody HayesMake a painting you can work on for a long period, and make it look like it doesn't show any effort.
Alex KatzI actually start drawing things. Usually they're abandoned before I commit too much time and effort.
Daniel ClowesIf I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do.
Dave ChappelleWhy do we make so much of knowledge, struggle so hard to get some little skill not worth the effort?
EuripidesThus men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up.
Henry David ThoreauI just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be
Jason SchwartzmanIt is no more effort for a man to be a saint than to be a sinner; it becomes a mere matter of habit.
Jerome K. JeromeI can sing fine and I can play guitar fine, but put 'em together and it becomes a thoughtful effort.
Jerry CantrellI don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.
Michael Ian BlackAll of us will ultimately be judged on the effort we have contributed to building a new world order.
Robert KennedyPeople appreciate when you make an effort to speak their language. Votes: 1 Sam Altman
Here's the thing about Red Sox fans, or actually just fans from that region, in general: they appreciate the effort. And if you mail it in or if you give 80 percent, even with a win, they'll let you know that's not how you do it. They want - if it's comedian, if it's a musician, bring us your best show. Votes: 1 Dane Cook
I will say this: the first film that I was on was 'In the Heat of the Night', that Norman Jewison directed with Sidney Poitier. I'm on the set, and I'm totally taking it for granted. Everyone is working for everyone else and pulling for the very best, and it makes everyone better because you feel that effort and concern and appreciation. Votes: 1 Scott Wilson
You can always control the results. You can always control your attitude and effort every day. Votes: 3 Will Compton
Fear and I were old buddies, despite my best efforts to the contrary. Votes: 4 Peter Straub
For me, to put together my museum and all my remembrances was a big effort mentally, physically and monetarily. Votes: 4 Elsa Peretti
Women's progress has been a collective effort. Votes: 3 Gloria Steinem
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual. Votes: 3 Vince Lombardi
Fortunately art is a community effort - a small but select community living in a spiritualized world endeavoring to interpret the wars and the solitudes of the flesh. Votes: 4 Allen Ginsberg
There's been a concerted effort to steal Christmas. Votes: 2 Jerry Falwell
The people in my life are friends I have by choice. I've made a conscious effort to have them in life. I only have the time and energy for so many people, which has cut down my friend group to a handful, but I'm so much happier with fewer good people, who really do know me. Votes: 2 Gillian Zinser
But on this show, it's a good question because in the 35 shows that we've done now, I've really made a consistent effort to really shadow the directors because in many ways they have to be more prepared than feature directors. Votes: 3 Anthony Michael Hall
Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle. Votes: 6 Napoleon Hill
We have to continue our efforts with determination. Votes: 1 Giorgio Napolitano
Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way. Votes: 3 Orison Swett Marden
We need better coordination on the international side, just as they need better and more effective efforts on the Somali side. We have too many reconstruction and development assistance plans. Votes: 3 Jan Egeland
I will say this: the first film that I was on was 'In the Heat of the Night', that Norman Jewison directed with Sidney Poitier. I'm on the set, and I'm totally taking it for granted. Everyone is working for everyone else and pulling for the very best, and it makes everyone better because you feel that effort and concern and appreciation. Votes: 1 Scott Wilson
If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges. Votes: 1 Pat Riley
Theory is taught so as to make the student believe that he or she can become a Marxist, a feminist, an Afrocentrist, or a deconstructionist with about the same effort and commitment required in choosing items from a menu. Votes: 3 Edward Said
My younger son, Cordell, aka Lil Snoop, loves me like a fan loves Snoop Dogg. He's inspired by making me happy. My older son, Corde, aka Spank, does everything I say, with effort and determination - but he does it for himself. He gets his thrill out of seeing his own results on the football field. Votes: 3 Snoop Dogg
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. Votes: 1 Elbert Hubbard
I live cinema and passionately love music, and my efforts in both these crafts are unfolding. Votes: 2 Priyanka Chopra
People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one. Votes: 1 Marina Abramovic
Real prosperity comes from everybody in the country working together in a growth mode. Real prosperity comes as a result of people's own initiative and efforts and so forth. Prosperity, if it comes from the government, is not prosperity. It's an existence or a subsistence or whatever, but it isn't prosperity. Votes: 4 Rush Limbaugh
Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that stand between an individual's effort and reward for that effort. Votes: 3 Jack Kemp
Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time. Votes: 4 Andrew Weil
I'm reaching 87, trying to keep fit, presenting a vigorous figure, and it's an effort, and is it worth the effort? I laugh at myself trying to keep a bold front. It's become my habit. I just carry on. Votes: 2 Lee Kuan Yew
Futures thinking is hard work. Fortunately, you do get better at it with practice. It's worth the effort. Votes: 1 Jamais Cascio
Did you know there's a difference between being busy and being fruitful? Did you ever stop to think that just being busy - running around in circles all day but not accomplishing anything - is the same as wasting your time? It's frustrating to expend so much energy and time and not have any fruit from your effort! Votes: 1 Joyce Meyer
Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I love directing. Votes: 1 Joan Chen
I wasn't the brightest kid, not by a long shot. I was interested in football, in girls, in getting my work done with the least amount of effort. Votes: 1 Thomas J. Sargent
The first two lessons, which we learned early in our efforts to be good member missionaries, have made sharing the Gospel much easier: We simply can't predict who will or won't be interested in the Gospel, and building a friendship is not a prerequisite to inviting people to learn about the Gospel. Votes: 1 Clayton Christensen
The thing about music is it's not an obscure pursuit, it's a very natural thing for human beings to do. Once you put in the effort, the learning curve is very fast. Votes: 1 Grimes
My own experience is that there is no real effort in life that is not done better under encouragement and approval of our fellow men. Votes: 3 Charles M. Schwab
I live cinema and passionately love music, and my efforts in both these crafts are unfolding. Votes: 1 Priyanka Chopra
Even a friendship needs an effort from both sides, how can we expect a relationship to work from the effort of one..!! It should be a true-hearted commitment from both involve. Votes: 2 Akansh Malik
Pizza certainly has its place in school meals, but equating it with broccoli, carrots and celery seriously undermines this nation's efforts to support children's health and their ability to learn because of better school nutrition. Votes: 1 Jared Polis
Through the years I have received my share of recognition for efforts in the fields of sports, the arts, the struggle for full citizenship for the Negro people, labor's rights and the fight for peace. Votes: 1 Paul Robeson
When you work in TV, it's such a group effort, it's not about you. Votes: 2 Kylie Minogue
What I have appreciated about the 'Call of Duty' games is the scale of production. It's not an indie game. It's not trying to be an indie game. But I've genuinely been pretty consistently blown away by, wow, what an effort has gone into this. Votes: 1 Trent Reznor
I've always admired the kind of guy who moves into a place and restores it. Thanks to my efforts, the guy who moves into mine will have a chance to do just that. Votes: 1 Michael Feldman
As a visual person, I love a creative resume. Putting in a little effort on the design side will show that you care about making things look good. Votes: 1 Sophia Amoruso
Most of us have had that experience - at around puberty - of realising that, despite whatever efforts we put into our chosen sports, we will become at best competent. Votes: 1 Will Self
What was it called, that symbol of the serpent eating its own tail? It probably signified infinity, endlessness, timelessness. But for me it would mean the effort to love well going on and on, round and round, always imperfect and always forgivable. The best we could ever do for each other. Votes: 3 Patricia Gaffney
No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance. Votes: 3 Ramana Maharshi
..no meal is good enough to justify all the money and effort wasted in preparing it. It is an illusion and an expense. Live as I do, undeceived. Votes: 4 Peter S. Beagle
Men were not equal in the effort they made, nor did equal efforts bring equal result. ... Equality of opportunity, yes. Equality of effort and result, no. Votes: 3 Mary Roberts Rinehart
The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done. Votes: 5 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they started with. Much family effort goes into selecting one at the start ("She looks like a Winnifred to me"), and the as the years roll by it suddenly finds itself being called Meepo or Ratbag. Votes: 3 Terry Pratchett
John Cleese was with a group called Cambridge Circus, who had come to New York, and we became friends. Years later that produced a certain team effort. Votes: 1 Terry Gilliam
The first two lessons, which we learned early in our efforts to be good member missionaries, have made sharing the Gospel much easier: We simply can't predict who will or won't be interested in the Gospel, and building a friendship is not a prerequisite to inviting people to learn about the Gospel. Votes: 1 Clayton Christensen
Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory. Votes: 3 Mahatma Gandhi
Shouldn't you put the same amount of effort into your giving as you might for your for-profit investments? After all, philanthropy is an investment, and one in which lives - not profits - are at stake. Votes: 1 Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
We've got to give a quality effort every day and play better. Votes: 2 Mike Quade
Any decision I make is based on myself, and the only person I have to give an explanation to is God. Votes: 1 Solange Knowles
When I see other people out there, involved, and really giving their time and effort for the kids, then I don't mind giving my time and effort for the kids as well. Votes: 1 LaMarr Woodley
Success is a process for all of us, and as long as you are making consistent progress towards your goals - sincerely giving your best effort more often than not - then you are already successful and deserve to feel proud of yourself. Votes: 3 Hal Elrod
No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort. Votes: 4 Theodore Roosevelt
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. Votes: 4 Vince Lombardi
I don't feel I'm making a conscious effort to go more commercial. Votes: 1 Guy Pearce
In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn't certain about what their real aim was - nor am I now. Votes: 1 Roone Arledge
I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be. Votes: 1 Jason Schwartzman
There is absolutely no power in our human effort to live holy. It is only by His grace. And the result of receiving grace is we get better at living like Christ, which is something we all want, right? Votes: 2 Joyce Meyer
It had not occurred to me that marriage requires the same effort as a career. And unlike a career, marriage requires a joint effort. Votes: 3 Jessica Savitch
The game has its ups and downs, but you can never lose focus of your individual goals and you can't let yourself be beat because of lack of effort. Votes: 4 Michael Jordan
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. Votes: 3 George Sand
The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be. Votes: 4 Bruce Lee
I really believe in the environmental movement right now - it only takes a little effort to make a big difference. Votes: 5 Brooke Burke
Universities such as Cambridge, Oxford, and Harvard all began as Jesus-inspired efforts to love God with all ones' mind. Votes: 1 John Ortberg
See the positive side, the potential, and make an effort. Votes: 4 Dalai Lama
I had nearly finished school because I was making effort not that bad on that. But there was a law in Germany after the war. You could not make your final examination before 18, so lots of people who were late because of the way had to do it first. Votes: 3 Karl Lagerfeld
If you have a great love of singing, supported by others' fondness for your voice, then it is worth making every effort, of making every sacrifice, to achieve your goal. A great voice will easily find teachers who are willing to help a struggling young talent, and the ways of the Lord are infinite. Votes: 1 Andrea Bocelli
I don't feel I'm making a conscious effort to go more commercial. Votes: 1 Guy Pearce
Men's need to dominate women may be based in their own sense of marginality or emptiness; we do not know its root, and men are making no effort to discover it. Votes: 3 Marilyn French
I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism. Votes: 3 Charles Schwab
Children are our future we must take care of them with maximum effort. Votes: 5 Naomi Campbell
I would imagine that anyone picking up a book written by me would expect a fast-paced story that requires minimal effort to turn the pages. The reader would also be looking for some out-of-the-ordinary revelations along the way. At the end of the day, I'm a writer who simply loves revealing stuff that is out-of-the-ordinary. Votes: 5 Ashwin Sanghi
Role-playing games are contests in which the players usually cooperate as a group to achieve a common goal rather than compete to eliminate one another from play.... Role games ... bring players together in a mutual effort... Votes: 3 Gary Gygax
No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from. Votes: 6 George Eliot
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. Votes: 1 John F. Kennedy
The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted. Votes: 1 Charles Babbage
That's what I try to do each and every week is give my best effort and not give up, no matter what comes at us. Votes: 1 Kurt Busch
If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes into that cup, not what people think about it. Votes: 1 Denzel Washington
I'm not anti-middle-class in the slightest. Look at me! I am very pro people putting time and money and effort into trying to improve the world. Votes: 1 J. K. Rowling
What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party. Votes: 1 Henry David Thoreau
You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement. Votes: 1 Ben Stein
Passion gets an entrepreneur through the startup days and the enormous efforts it takes to build a business. Votes: 1 Peter Diamandis
Speaking from my experience as a person involved for a long time in building the European Union, it is important to have patience and efforts to build a community of nations. Votes: 3 Giorgio Napolitano
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances. Votes: 3 Orison Swett Marden
I'm definitely still putting effort into my lyrics, for them to be emotional and tell a story. Votes: 4 Robert Coppola Schwartzman
I learned to focus on what's real rather than imagined; on not letting feelings drive the bus; on being courageous and honest; on putting my total effort into something and not worrying about the result. Votes: 1 Rob Lowe
Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations. Votes: 1 Les Brown
The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man's frail and human effort to approach the truth. To reject the word is to reject the human search. Votes: 1 Max Lerner
People put so much effort into starting a relationship and so little effort into ending one. Votes: 1 Marina Abramovic
Effort and result are never simultaneous. In art, only the result counts. Votes: 3 Jose Bergamin
A free economy and strong communities honor the dignity of every person, rewarding effort with justice, promoting upward mobility, and building solidarity among citizens. Votes: 3 Paul Ryan
My charitable donations go to educational efforts, such as Teach for America, Vanderbilt University, Berkshire School. Votes: 1 Thomas Peterffy
I would like to spend my next two years showing how the aim of making technology available to every young person can be built into the effort to make our nation more secure. That is my latest concern and what I will be pushing over the next two years. Votes: 1 Major Owens
Most of us have had that experience - at around puberty - of realising that, despite whatever efforts we put into our chosen sports, we will become at best competent. Votes: 1 Will Self
We have to make a sustained effort, again and again, to cultivate the positive aspects within us. Votes: 4 Dalai Lama
Marriage is a team effort. Both of us share that philosophy. Votes: 6 Nick Lachey
When I see other people out there, involved, and really giving their time and effort for the kids, then I don't mind giving my time and effort for the kids as well. Votes: 4 LaMarr Woodley
I'm a dad now and whatever I'm doing in life I usually put a lot of effort into it - usually too much effort, so it kind of comes off ridiculous at times. Votes: 3 Jeremy Sisto
Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you. Votes: 3 Arnold Palmer
The modern Middle East was largely created by the British. It was they who carried the Allied war effort in the region during World War I and who, at its close, principally fashioned its peace. It was a peace presaged by the nickname given the region by covetous British leaders in wartime: 'The Great Loot.' Votes: 2 Scott Anderson