1,905 Quotes About Effort

It might be said of me that I could have done it differently or that there was a better way or that I should have waited when I didn’t. But what cannot be said of me is that I didn’t try. And without question, I would rather have tried and blundered in every attempt than not have tried to make any attempt.

Little effort is needed to create a rumor, but a much greater effort must be made to deny it.

To move forward, one need only take the first step,

Even when you are lazy and don't have the effort to learn something sit somewhere in public and try to observe the stupid people around you, that would be more than enough learning for the day.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Your fate is never determined when your massive imagination is.

It is not given to us to know what difference we can make, and perhaps we can make no difference at all. But that is no reason not to make the attempt," said Saliman quietly. "The Light shines more brightly in the darkness.

Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.

Nothing [...] will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome.