1,905 Quotes About Effort

LABOUR is effort, while ART is effortless! What are you?” 

Change yourselves. Change the world. The very act of trying will inspire you. No one is saying it’s easy – it isn’t – but nothing will change without effort and struggle.

The greatest love, such as the troubadours proclaimed, also requires supremely challenging obstacles. It is by overcoming obstacles that we transform ourselves into higher beings, that we find the deepest love and discover our inner hero. So, don’t flee from obstacles, don’t bemoan your fate. If you are faced with difficulties, smile! If you can beat the odds, you have a chance to become something astounding. Don’t run away. Tackle them head on.

New World Order is not made with hugs and kisses, with heart-to-heart conversations or “unconditional love”. It is made with the sweat of hard toil upon the backs of genius, it is made with determination and devotion, it is shaped by skill and by art and a piercing intelligence that dims every star with its brilliance.

Real rich people know how to bring in more money with the same amount of effort. It’s a matter of efficiency.

All your small successes along the way, total your ultimate victory. Keep succeeding one small effort at a time. You'll get there.

Most poor people do not deserve to be rich.

So I picked the book up and did my usual 123 test. I don't bother reading the blurb on the back, or the first page - the writer's obviously going to be trying their hardest there, aren't they? It's how they're getting on by page 123 that's the real test. If they're crap at writing or bored with their story then you can bet they won't be making any effort at all by that point.

No one wins the Super Bowl accidentally. Be intentional, Be Passionate, Don't mail it in! You got this!