Quotes for Effort

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

Theodore Roosevelt

The writer has two kinds of faith: actual writing and sitting openly. Have faith in your personal effort or sweat. And faith in God, or whatever you want to call it. Then the voices will come. Faith is the big deal.

Suzan-Lori Parks

Loving others always costs us something and requires effort. And you have to decide to do it on purpose. You can't wait for a feeling to motivate you.

Joyce Meyer

Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort.

Simon Travaglia

If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we are a part of the problem rather than the solution to the fraying social fabric that threatens all Americans.

Marian Wright Edelman

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

Mahatma Gandhi

Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.

Thomas Becket

Establishing a friendship after divorce takes great effort and a lot of swallowing of your pride and ego.

Yolanda Hadid

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.

Rabindranath Tagore

Basically, discipline, effort, patience and courage are hugely important core values for kids to grow up embracing.

Karen Salmansohn

It's not just Bin Laden or just those that are involved in the counterterrorism effort. We've gotta cast the net broader than that. But I think it's a - very special tribute that we all owe to the bravery and courage of the men and women in the intelligence and military business who performed so well to finally get it done.

Dick Cheney

What is mathematics? It is only a systematic effort of solving puzzles posed by nature.

Shakuntala Devi

Not a single person whose name is worth remembering lived a life of ease.

Ryan P. Allis

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.

Orison Swett Marden

I would say to Republicans that when you look at civil rights legislation that took place in the 1960s, it took a bipartisan effort to get those things done, and so what I would tell my colleagues, both Republicans and Democrats, is let's come together, and let's be for fairness.

Marc Veasey

Hockey is not a one-man show; it's a team effort. If you don't work as a team - even if one or two guys aren't working - you're not going to win. That's the way it is.

Guy Lafleur

Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.

Ban Ki-moon

In 2007 the 'dagger' of an idea that killed President Bush's effort at reforming the immigration system was lax border security.

Juan Williams

Be undeniably good. No marketing effort or social media buzzword can be a substitute for that.

Anthony Volodkin

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

James Baldwin