Effort Quotes

All this shows how much luck there is in human affairs, and how little we should worry about anything except doing our best.

It is only the continuance of the war and the extraordinary conditions which it imposes and forces upon us all that justifies us in remaining together as a Parliament. I certainly could not take the responsibility of making far-reaching controversial changes which I am not convinced are directly needed for the war effort, without a Parliament refreshed by contact with the electorate.

Success always demands a greater effort.

When I was a young subaltern in the South African War, the water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable we had to put a bit of whiskey in it. By diligent effort I learned to like it.

The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.

John's time and effort were, in the main, spent on pretty honorable stuff. As for the other side, well, nobody's perfect, nobody's Jesus. And look what they did to him.

I'm telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true.

I ain't no saint, but I've tried never to do anything that would hurt my family or offend God.

Effort is not a means to lead us to happiness. Effort itself is happiness.

You must make the effort yourself. The Masters only point the way.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.

Everything you do in life will be insignificant, but it's very important that you do it anyway.

The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.

He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.

Practice is absolutely necessary. You may sit down and listen to me by the hour every day, but if you do not practice, you will not get one step further. It all depends on practice.

Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.

Nothing that's good works by itself, you've got to make the damn thing work.

When there's no experimenting there's no progress. Stop experimenting and you go backward. If anything goes wrong, experiment until you get to the very bottom of the trouble.