Meaningful Quotes. Thoughtful Insights. Helpful Tools.
Advanced Search Options

Quotes about Effort

She consented to rote memorization, but knew that it was at best the hollow shell of an education. She did the minimum work necessary to do well in her courses, and pursued other matters.
— Carl Sagan
Love turns work into rest.
— Teresa of Avila
Of course, you have the right to suffer, but as a practitioner, you do not have the right not to practice. We all need to be understood and loved, but the practice is not merely to expect understanding and love. It is to practice understanding and love. Please don't complain when no one seems to love or understand you. Make the effort to understand and love them better.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
A good marriage isn't something you find; it's something you make.
— Gary Thomas
God regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which the work is done.
— Brother Lawrence
Preparation for tomorrow is hard work today.
— Bruce Lee
Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle towards a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind.
— Bruce Lee
Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle toward a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind.
— Bruce Lee
As no better man advances to take this matter in hand, I hereupon offer my own poor endeavors.
— Herman Melville
Thus, some minds for ever keep trimming boat.
— Herman Melville
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
— Dale Carnegie
It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt