100 Quotes About Effort

Sometimes it’s easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of our lives, but we must remember the importance of effort. Effort is how we do things, how we get things done, and even how we get through tough times. But what does it mean to put forth effort? While it’s not always easy to define or measure, there are some ways you can know that you’re putting forth effort. Here are some of the best quotes about effort to help inspire you to keep pursuing your dreams.

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No matter how old you are now. You are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want. Here’s a short list of people who accomplished great things at different ages1) Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didn’t stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.2) Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.3) Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a movie star on “Bright Eyes.”4) Anne Frank was 12 when she wrote the diary of Anne Frank.5) Magnus Carlsen became a chess Grandmaster at the age of 13.6) Nadia Comăneci was a gymnast from Romania that scored seven perfect 10.0 and won three gold medals at the Olympics at age 14.7) Tenzin Gyatso was formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in November 1950, at the age of 15.8) Pele, a soccer superstar, was 17 years old when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil.9) Elvis was a superstar by age 19.10) John Lennon was 20 years and Paul Mcartney was 18 when the Beatles had their first concert in 1961.11) Jesse Owens was 22 when he won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.12) Beethoven was a piano virtuoso by age 2313) Issac Newton wrote Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica at age 2414) Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4 minute mile record15) Albert Einstein was 26 when he wrote the theory of relativity16) Lance E. Armstrong was 27 when he won the tour de France 17) Michelangelo created two of the greatest sculptures “David” and “Pieta” by age 2818) Alexander the Great, by age 29, had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world19) J.K. Rowling was 30 years old when she finished the first manuscript of Harry Potter20) Amelia Earhart was 31 years old when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean21) Oprah was 32 when she started her talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind22) Edmund Hillary was 33 when he became the first man to reach Mount Everest23) Martin Luther King Jr. was 34 when he wrote the speech “I Have a Dream."24) Marie Curie was 35 years old when she got nominated for a Nobel Prize in Physics 25) The Wright brothers, Orville (32) and Wilbur (36) invented and built the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight26) Vincent Van Gogh was 37 when he died virtually unknown, yet his paintings today are worth millions.27) Neil Armstrong was 38 when he became the first man to set foot on the moon.28) Mark Twain was 40 when he wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", and 49 years old when he wrote "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"29) Christopher Columbus was 41 when he discovered the Americas30) Rosa Parks was 42 when she refused to obey the bus driver’s order to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger31) John F. Kennedy was 43 years old when he became President of the United States32) Henry Ford Was 45 when the Ford T came out.33) Suzanne Collins was 46 when she wrote "The Hunger Games"34) Charles Darwin was 50 years old when his book On the Origin of Species came out.35) Leonardo Da Vinci was 51 years old when he painted the Mona Lisa.36) Abraham Lincoln was 52 when he became president.37) Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought the McDonalds Franchise and took it to unprecedented levels.38) Dr. Seuss was 54 when he wrote "The Cat in the Hat".40) Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger III was 57 years old when he successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009. All of the 155 passengers aboard the aircraft survived41) Colonel Harland Sanders was 61 when he started the KFC Franchise42) J.R.R Tolkien was 62 when the Lord of the Ring books came out43) Ronald Reagan was 69 when he became President of the US44) Jack Lalane at age 70 handcuffed, shackled, towed 70 rowboats45) Nelson Mandela was 76 when he became President . Pablo
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People die all the time. Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely. It's too easy not to make the effort, then weep and wring your hands after the person dies. Haruki Murakami
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Never give up. It's like breathing–once you quit, your flame dies letting total darkness extinguish every last gasp of hope. You can't do that. You must continue taking in even the shallowest of breaths, continue putting forth even the smallest of efforts to sustain your dreams. Don't ever, ever, ever give up. Richelle E. Goodrich
Not all doors open in the same direction and with...
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Not all doors open in the same direction and with the same effort! Jasleen Kaur Gumber
Without balance, a life is no longer worth the effort.
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Without balance, a life is no longer worth the effort. Olen Steinhauer
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Healey’s First Law Of Holes: When in one, stop digging. Denis Healey
The master of the garden is the one who waters...
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The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte. Vera Nazarian
All the things that are worth doing, take time.
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All the things that are worth doing, take time. Mos Def
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A seeker of radical strenght Keeps everything on track, Feeble force yields at length, Not sure where to go back. When one can't find courage, And all the efforts seem vain, It's advised to fight like a sage: Be powerful like a bullet train! Too much work and no play Can make a brain go astray! Determined to live and stay Can lead life into a long way. Ana Claudia Antunes
Sometimes being happy takes effort. Invest time and energy in...
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Sometimes being happy takes effort. Invest time and energy in yourself and your happiness. Amy Leigh Mercree
When you fall short of your goals and dreams ask...
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When you fall short of your goals and dreams ask yourself is it your mindset, perspective, expectations, effort, approach, acceptance, company or a blend of these that needs to change. Rasheed Ogunlaru
To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps...
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To like many people spontaneously and without effort is perhaps the greatest of all sources of personal happiness. Bertrand Russell
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(about William Blake)As for Blake's happiness--a man who knew him said: "If asked whether I ever knew among the intellectual, a happy man, Blake would be the only one who would immediately occur to me." And yet this creative power in Blake did not come from ambition..He burned most of his own work. Because he said, "I should be sorry if I had any earthly fame, for whatever natural glory a man has is so much detracted from his spiritual glory. I wish to do nothing for profit. I wish to live for art. I want nothing whatever. I am quite happy.".. He did not mind death in the least. He said that to him it was just like going into another room. On the day of his death he composed songs to his Maker and sang them for his wife to hear. Just before he died his countenance became fair, his eyes brightened and he burst into singing of the things he saw in heaven. . Brenda Ueland
Your fate is never determined when your massive imagination is.
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Your fate is never determined when your massive imagination is. Curtis Tyrone Jones
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Weakness drives us to set goals, to try harder, to put forth more effort, to dream and wish and hope, to reach out further and down deeper, to pray earnestly, to cry mightily, to understand and empathize with valid sincerity. In truth, weakness is a catalyst for greater strength. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes.. The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain, and sometimes to postpone death, or at least render it more bearable. In contrast, the patriot sacrifices a rather substantial part of humanity for the sake of his own prestige. His statue is always erected on a pedestal of ruins and corpses.. In contrast, all humanity crowns a scholar, love forms the pedestal of his statues, and his triumphs defy the desecration of time and the judgment of history. Unknown
Only in death will we have our own names since...
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Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we no longer part of the effort. In death we become heroes. Chuck Palahniuk
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In the game of life, we all receive a set of variables and limitations in the field of play. We can either focus on the lack thereof or empower ourselves to create better realities with the pieces we play the game with. T.F. Hodge
Part-time effort means part-tim results.
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Part-time effort means part-tim results. Tony Curl
As Henry Moore carvedor modelled his sculpture every day, he...
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As Henry Moore carvedor modelled his sculpture every day, he strove to surpass Donatello4. and failed, but woke the next morningelated for another try. Donald Hall
Faith in Jesus Christ is a continuous effort.
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Faith in Jesus Christ is a continuous effort. Lailah Gifty Akita
It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you...
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It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs. Jillian Michaels
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A sound idea is a form of energy. It can not be destroyed. It evolves from inspiration, to a function of preparation, then determination - till the ideator's dream becomes actualized in real life At the very least, success is a second iteration of the original, unscripted IdeaSo your idea refinement process needs to be test-driven Test Determine on time if investment in terms of effort and time is worth it Work SmartFail early, fail often, Success lies on the paths yet to be treaded, Open your mind, Think Disruption, Be FlexibleBe AGILEI think this is an idea worth sharing . Eniitan Akinola
The distance between your Dreams and Reality is inversely proportional...
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The distance between your Dreams and Reality is inversely proportional to your Efforts. Vineet Raj Kapoor
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In business, sport, entertainment and beyond an idea is worth next to nothing. The energy, effort, passion, talent, tenacity, strategy, resilience and resourcefulness to see it through and make something of it is worth everything. Rasheed Ogunlaru
Every effort to impact someone or a generation will go...
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Every effort to impact someone or a generation will go a long way beyond human imaginations. Sunday Adelaja
Acquiring knowledge is the most fruitful effort.
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Acquiring knowledge is the most fruitful effort. Eraldo Banovac
If you're not gonna go all the way, why go...
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If you're not gonna go all the way, why go at all? Joe Namath
Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today.
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Who you are tomorrow begins with what you do today. Tim Fargo
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I don't know where this pressure came from. I can't blame my parents because it has always felt internal. Like any other parent, my mother celebrated the A grades and the less-than- A grades she felt there was no need to tell anybody about. But not acknowledging the effort that ended in a less than perfect result impacted me as a child. If I didn't win, then we wouldn't tell anyone that I had even competed to save us the embarrassment of acknowledging that someone else was better. Keeping the secret made me think that losing was something to be ashamed of, and that unless I was sure I was going to be the champion there was no point in trying. And there was certainly no point to just having fun. . Portia De Rossi
It's no use saying,
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It's no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. Winston S. Churchill
‎Determination, effort, and practice are rewarded with success.
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‎Determination, effort, and practice are rewarded with success. Mary Lydon Simonsen
I yearn not for the easy path, but for the...
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I yearn not for the easy path, but for the right path.  For 'easy' and 'right' are rarely compatible. Craig D. Lounsbrough
Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't...
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Focus on your work. Do what you're great at. Don't compare yourself to others and or waste time criticizing the lives and work of others. Do what matters most to you and make a difference doing that. Germany Kent
In order to have success we have to make an...
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In order to have success we have to make an effort and this demands persistent, diligent hard work Sunday Adelaja
Gather all your effort to achieve a single goal and...
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Gather all your effort to achieve a single goal and you will be bound to succeed Sunday Adelaja
Achievement is no hocus-pocus. It's focus, focus!
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Achievement is no hocus-pocus. It's focus, focus! Ana Claudia Antunes
A willing spirit, a determined effort.
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A willing spirit, a determined effort. Lailah Gifty Akita
If you haven't arrived yet, keep driving, your destiny is...
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If you haven't arrived yet, keep driving, your destiny is waiting for you. Rob Liano
Schedule time for focused effort.
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Schedule time for focused effort. Sunday Adelaja
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The skeletons of the past must not hold back the dream of a new life, even though fear and regret, guilt and remorse may unsettle us during the effort to give our future a new home. (“Into a new life”) Erik Pevernagie
We can reach the goal but it is going to...
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We can reach the goal but it is going to take an incredible amount of time and effort Sunday Adelaja
If you are focused on your calling, the efforts of...
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If you are focused on your calling, the efforts of any adversary will prove powerless Sunday Adelaja
The effort you direct at finding and developing the person...
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The effort you direct at finding and developing the person you are is the key to life Sunday Adelaja
The full length of a frog doesn't have to be...
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The full length of a frog doesn't have to be seen when it's dead. It has to be seen when it jumps. Aim for greater heights always. Constance Chuks Friday
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Sympathetic joy is a practice. It takes time and effort to free ourselves of the scarcity story that most of us have learned along the way, the idea that happiness is a competition, and that someone else is grabbing all the joy. Sharon Salzberg
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Jess thought for a moment. 'You know those films where people fight up the top of the Empire State Building or up a mountain or whatever? And there's always that bit when the baddie slips off and the hero tries to save him, but, like, the sleeve of this jacket tears off and goes over and you hear him all the way down. Aaaaaaaaagh. That's what I want to do.' 'You want to watch me plunge to my doom.' 'I'd like to know that I've made the effort. I want to show people the torn sleeve. Nick Hornby
If You Respect Their Preparation, You never Drop the Baton
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If You Respect Their Preparation, You never Drop the Baton Vineet Raj Kapoor
The easiest way to gain someone's trust is to deserve...
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The easiest way to gain someone's trust is to deserve it. This should be pretty easy, assuming you're just being you and being real. Minimal effort too. Ashly Lorenzana
When Boredom comes, it is the time during which discovery...
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When Boredom comes, it is the time during which discovery is to be made. That is the time during which real effort (purushartha) can be made. But instead, people push it aside. Dada Bhagwan
We must desire to see people rising in life, rather...
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We must desire to see people rising in life, rather than looking for ways to contribute to their fall. Bamigboye Olurotimi
Even when you are lazy and don't have the effort...
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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. Neymat Khan
There is only One Man Playing your Game, You!
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There is only One Man Playing your Game, You! Vineet Raj Kapoor
What within you lies in that symbolic unmarked grave? How...
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What within you lies in that symbolic unmarked grave? How can you create the memorial to you and your best life and effort? Make tomorrow today and make today count. Tony Curl
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I don’t know why we fight. It takes much too effort to stay mad at you. To dodge your skin in the hallwayand leave the kitchen without bringing you a treat. It takes much too effort to stare at the sinkso my eyes don’t smile at you in the mirror. It takes much too effort to look away as we undressand lie apart in the now bigger bed. It takes much too effort to stiffen my bodybecause sleepy limbs forget fightsand pride is always lost in dreams. It takes much too effort to awaken every hour to make sure we are islands with a gulf of white sheets separating us. I dread the light peeking through the parted curtainsand empathise with your groans –I didn’t get any sleep either. I really don’t know why we fight. It takes much too effort to stay mad at one anotherwhen it’s so easy for us to love. . Kamand Kojouri
Never under-estimate your effort, no matter how little. Every effort,...
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Never under-estimate your effort, no matter how little. Every effort, little or great is a step closer towards the actualisation of your dreams. Chinonye J. Chidolue
We are not to expect to be translated from despotism...
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We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed. Thomas Jefferson
Active-awareness combined with daily active-effort will compound to make a...
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Active-awareness combined with daily active-effort will compound to make a significant difference. Akiroq Brost
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I know there are days when we want to be liked by others a little more than we want to change the world. But, if we decided to speak up a little more and hesitate a little less, we will begin making ripples of change. Sharad Vivek Sagar
Change takes time. But, it also takes people.
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Change takes time. But, it also takes people. Sharad Vivek Sagar
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I’d always heard people say and I’m sure you heard it too, “Change takes time.” But, my parents taught me the more important lesson, very silently but with even greater clarity, “Change takes time. But, it also takes people.” People who are willing to put in their everything. Change doesn’t happen by itself. Sharad Vivek Sagar
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There's no such thing as effortless beauty--you should know that. There's no effort which is not beautiful--lifting a heavy stone or loving you. Loving you is like lifting a heavy stone. It would be easier not to do it and I'm not quite sure why I am doing it. It takes all my strength and all my determination, and I said I wouldn't love someone again like this. Is there any sense in loving someone you can only wake up to by chance? . Jeanette Winterson
The world is corrupt, and the way for me to...
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The world is corrupt, and the way for me to make it better is not by writing letters, but joining my efforts with those of others to produce a work of beauty. H.S. Ede
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Work. Good, honest work, whether it’s working with your hands to create an artwork, or manual labour, brings forth a sense of divinity at play. The only prerequisite is that whatever the work is, it is done sincerely and in congruence with the soul’s true origin and intent, then, without any effort, one experiences a flow, wherein one feels a part of the plan of the entire universe. Kamand Kojouri
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A sign of power in a man is not only when people follow what he suggests, but also when people make a conscious effort to do the exact opposite of what he suggests. Criss Jami
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Very often we sit back thinking good things will happen, knowing that good things take time and hoping that someone else will do it. The world needs us! Sharad Vivek Sagar
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But we are curious about the result, just as we are curious about the way a book turns out. We do not want to know anything about the anxiety, the distress, the paradox. We carry on an esthetic flirtation with the result. It arrives just as unexpectedly but also just as effortlessly as a prize in a lottery, and when we have heard the result, we have built ourselves up. Unknown
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Only super-efforts count. G.I. Gurdjieff
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I found out it is just as hard to make a movie that you are not proud of as it is to make one you love. Craig Ferguson
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If you can't give it all you've got, don't bother. Joyce Rachelle
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It is weird to see how people sometimes doesn't value and ignore the love and effort of the people who love them and try to stay. They push them away only to realise everything they did after they leave and make their memories as pillows to sleep over and cry upon it later. Akshay Vasu
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Life is a balance. We tend to forget that as we go blithely from day to day. We eat and drink and sleep and assume we will always rise up the next day, that meals and rest will always replenish us. Injuries we expect to heal, and pain to lessen as time goes by. Even when we are faced with wounds that heal more slowly, with pain that lessens by day only to return in full force at nightfall, even when sleep does not leave us rested, we still expect that somehow tomorrow will all come back into balance and that we will go on. At some point, the exquisite balance has tipped, and despite all our flailing efforts, we begin the slow fall from the body that maintains itself to the body that struggles, nails clawing, to cling to what it used to be. Robin Hobb
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If it´s cold and cloudy outside, And you want to be a great fella, Make all your troubles go glide Opening a smile as your umbrella. Ana Claudia Antunes
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All the drain leads to the ocean... So chill out and enjoy the motion! Ana Claudia Antunes
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If we can prevent just one marriage from disintegrating--or just one child from suffering the loss of a family--our effort will be justified. James C. Dobson
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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. Shannon L. Alder
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You must choose a positive response to any situation. This is the step action to conquer it. Lailah Gifty Akita
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Good fortune often occurs when you stop expecting life to present opportunities to you and you start presenting opportunities to life. Rasheed Ogunlaru
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Don't expect others to hand success to you. Create it - with heart, energy and enterprise - and you'll make it come true Rasheed Ogunlaru
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Regardless of the difficulties we may face individually, in our families, in our communities and in our nation, the old adage is still true - you can make excuses or you can make progress, but you cannot make both! Mia Love
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It takes a lot of effort for an obsessive mind to accept the fact that everything is in order except itself. Moe Cidaly
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…having once seen him put forth his strength in battle, methinks I could know him again among a thousand warriors. He rushes into the fray as if he were summoned to a banquet. There is more than mere strength--there seems as if the whole soul and spirit of the champion were given to every blow which he deals upon his enemies. God assoilzie him of the sin of bloodshed! It is fearful, yet magnificent, to behold how the arm and heart of one man can triumph over hundreds. . Walter Scott
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It is hard to begin and harder to finish. Lailah Gifty Akita
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How do I shape my reality? I use wisdom and strategy to shift the possible to the probable... Then, effort and consistency will bridge the probable to the inevitable. Success is a behavior... I make sure my mindset and actions are working in alignment. Steve Maraboli
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Before a dream can mature and manifest itself as real, a lot of loaded efforts come into play! You are the pivot on which those loads must be turned! Israelmore Ayivor
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It takes grace to stop working and go to bed. When in bed, more grace is needed to rise up and begin work again. Lailah Gifty Akita
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One bulb at a time. There was no other way to do it. No shortcuts--simply loving the slow process of planting. Loving the work as it unfolded. Loving an achievement that grew slowly and bloomed for only three weeks each year. Jaroldeen Asplund Edwards
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If you love another person, you have to become a no-self, a nothing. When you love, you have to become a nobody. When you are a nobody, love happens. If you remain somebody, love never happens. One becomes afraid of love, because love opens the inner emptiness. Love is not an effort. If love is an effort, it is not love. It is the same case with the ultimate experience, it happens when you do not make an effort. Then you can simply float with the river to the Ocean. Swami Dhyan Giten
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We read the pagan sacred books with profit and delight. With myth and fable we are ever charmed, and find a pleasure in the endless repetition of the beautiful, poetic, and absurd. We find, in all these records of the past, philosophies and dreams, and efforts stained with tears, of great and tender souls who tried to pierce the mystery of life and death, to answer the eternal questions of the Whence and Whither, and vainly sought to make, with bits of shattered glass, a mirror that would, in very truth, reflect the face and form of Nature's perfect self. These myths were born of hopes, and fears, and tears, and smiles, and they were touched and colored by all there is of joy and grief between the rosy dawn of birth, and death's sad night. They clothed even the stars with passion, and gave to gods the faults and frailties of the sons of men. In them, the winds and waves were music, and all the lakes, and streams, and springs, –the mountains, woods and perfumed dells were haunted by a thousand fairy forms. They thrilled the veins of Spring with tremulous desire; made tawny Summer's billowed breast the throne and home of love; filled Autumns arms with sun-kissed grapes, and gathered sheaves; and pictured Winter as a weak old king who felt, like Lear upon his withered face, Cordelia's tears. These myths, though false, are beautiful, and have for many ages and in countless ways, enriched the heart and kindled thought. But if the world were taught that all these things are true and all inspired of God, and that eternal punishment will be the lot of him who dares deny or doubt, the sweetest myth of all the Fable World would lose its beauty, and become a scorned and hateful thing to every brave and thoughtful man. Robert G. Ingersoll
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In the Middle Ages there was no salvation outside the Church, and the theologians had a hard time explaining what God did with those pagans who were visibly virtuous or saintly. Similarly, in contemporary society effort is not productive unless it is done at the behest of a boss, and economists have a hard time dealing with the obvious usefulness of people when they are outside the corporate control of a corporation, volunteer agency, or labour camp. Ivan Illich
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Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret; for this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength. Bram Stoker
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The things you have are a shared effort, Gods blessings and human strength. Give thanks for the blessings in all situations. Unarine Ramaru
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I don’t necessarily sit around inviting life to knock me down, but when it does I don’t wait around for an invitation to stand back up either. Craig D. Lounsbrough
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In the long run most short cuts are flawed - especially on journeys to 'so-called' success Rasheed Ogunlaru
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Speak as educated nature suggests to you, and you will do well, but let it be educated and not raw, rude, uncultivated nature. Demosthenes took unbounded pains with his voice, and Cicero, who was naturally weak, made a long journey into Greece to correct his manner of speaking. With far nobler themes, let us not be less ambitious to excel. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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The great beauty of life is its mystery, the inability to know what course our life will take, and diligently work to transmute into our final form based upon a lifetime of constant discovery and enterprising effort. Accepting the unknown and unknowable eliminates regret. Kilroy J. Oldster
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You may be sure that it was not for any merit that others do not possess: not for power or wisdom, at any rate. But you have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have. J.r.r. Tolkien
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The destiny of a man is determined by his daily action, God won't allow you go anywhere, if you don't make an attempt to move. Michael Bassey Johnson
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He knew that all the hazards and perils were now drawing together to a point: the next day would be a day of doom, the day of final effort or disaster, the last gasp. J.r.r. Tolkien
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Our immediate interests are after all of but small moment. It is what we do for the future, what we add to the sum of man's knowledge, that counts most. As someone has said, 'The individual withers and the world is more and more.' Man dies at 70, 80, or 90, or at some earlier age, but through his power of physical reproduction, and with the means that he has to transmit the results of effort to those who come after him, he may be said to be immortal. Willis R. Whitney