Quotes about Effort
Love demands effort and a personal commitment to the will of God.
— Pope John Paul II
It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.
— Winston Churchill
Love makes labour light. Love alone gives value to all things.
— Teresa of Avila
You have to work to keep love alive; you have to protect it and maintain it, just like you would a delicate flower.
— James Dobson
Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day.
— William James
There's enough hate in the world. I command you to love. And you have to make an effort.
— Dorothy Day
While we keep aloof in general statements, there is little fruit to be expected; it is the hand-fight that does execution.
— Joseph Alleine
To win the videogame of life you just have to try to make the experience of being forced to play it as pleasant as possible, for yourself, and for all of the other players you encounter in your travels. Kira says that if everyone played the game to win, it'd be a lot more fun for everyone. —Anorak's Almanac, chapter 77, verses 11—20
— Ernest Cline
Much effort, much prosperity.
— Euripides
A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you work, you always get your reward in the end.
— Kalidou Koulibaly
Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.
— Bill Clinton