1,905 Quotes About Effort

She expected a lot of me. When I was in fourth grade working on a book report, she made me start the whole thing over when she read it and said it was barely even legible. "What's wrong with it?" I asked her. "It's not good enough yet. You have to try harder," she said, her voice gentle. "You have to try hard at everything you do. That's all I ask." I rolled my eyes and revised it, and over time her approach wore off on me and I became like her too - wanting to do my best, expecting my best.

Acquiring knowledge is the most fruitful effort.

Sometimes true love needs a helping hand.

Effort is nice, but character is defined by fulfilling commitments, not by being the best at the wrong things.

God has a plan and guess what? The plan is to stop waiting for him to do everything for you. The person you want in your life is not a sign. Not a clue. Not a wish. Not a prayer. Not a tarot card or a matter of timing. It is work. It is devotion, and like any dream if you want it then God will open doors for you to obtain it. You just have to stop setting the bar so low that everything below is a sign from God and everything above is asking too much.

The same effort I apply to the job I get paid for I need to apply to the job I don’t get paid for to make it a job I get paid for.

The majority of the people do not seem to agree uponone single law that can be used with less effort in attracting the ideal life partner to us.

I find effort attractive. Empty words are a turn-off.

Stop trying to make everyone happy. You're not tequila.