Efforts Quotes

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Prayer is a marvelous and necessary supplement of our feeble efforts, but it is a dangerous substitute.

it is wrong to urge an individual to cease his efforts to gain his basic constitutional rights because the quest may precipitate violence. Society must protect the robbed and punish the robber.

Human progress comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who are willing to be co-workers with God.

Success always demands a greater effort.

Things do not get better by being let alone. Unless they are adjusted, they explode with shattering detonation.

We may allow ourselves a brief period of rejoicing; but let us not forget for a moment the toil and efforts that lie ahead. Japan, with all her treachery and greed, remains unsubdued. The injury she has inflicted on Great Britain, the United States, and other countries, and her detestable cruelties, call for justice and retribution.We must now devote all our strength and resources to the completion of our task, both at home and abroad. Advance, Britannia! Long live the cause of freedom! God save the King.

Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts .... We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may content ourselves with a joy ride in a paint-box.

You can't just play the way The Grateful Dead plays without working at it. It's not something that is easy or just happened to us. There was a long, slow process that brought that into being.

I love looking out at 27 semis and being like, every single one of those semi trucks is there to put together my stage.

You can make something of your life. It just depends on your drive.

No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time.

Magic is easy if you put your heart into it.

It's quite possible to do anything, but not to put it on the leaders and the parking meters. Don't expect Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan or John Lennon or Yoko Ono or Bob Dylan or Jesus Christ to come and do it for you. You have to do it yourself.

Imagination means nothing without doing.

But Natural Selection, as we shall hereafter see, is a power incessantly ready for action, and is immeasurably superior to man's feeble efforts, as the works of Nature are to those of Art.

Ability to think, like the violin or piano, requires daily practice.

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

Society is a sort of organism on the growth of which conscious efforts can exercise little effect.

After all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.