159 quotes found
“I'm bred for farm work, and for such folk, the only A's you get come from effort. Strife and strain are all the world can offer, and they temper you into something unbreakable because Lord knows th...”
“There is never a traffic jam created from people going the extra mile”
“Work hard, put maximum effort, and have a good attitude. Most importantly never give up.”
“You know, I know I should be just as panicky as you about the filthy work - one wants to do nothing in the evenings, certainly not spread rotten books around & dredge for a 'line'. It must be like ...”
“Christ invites us to assume the yoke, but we would rather ride in the cart. That is one reason why some find comfort in hero worship. It represents a release from the burden of responsibility (Tery...”
“Follow your passion was not the message I heard growing up. Instead, I was told that the practical realities of surviving "in the real world" were far more important than any person living a "shelt...”
“Each morning the light came through the slats of the shutters in ripples, and as it washed towards the inhabitants of the Casa Luna it smoothed away memories of the past, It was for this that they ...”
“The good life doesn't knock on the door. Joy is a job.”
“Sit still with me in the shade of these green trees, which have no weightier thought than the withering of their leaves when autumn arrives, or the stretching of their many stiff fingers into the c...”
“One can be kind,one can be helpful,but it takes a heart and an effort to understand.”
“Don't expect a man will try any harder to keep you than he did to get you.”
“Nu mai trim un prezent placid, ci suntem prini cu toii n efortul de a ne pregti permanent pentru viitor.”
“You can't enjoy sipping of success without first enduring failure's fire”
“People do not know what good deeds are. It is udaya karma,unfolding effects of past karma; that makes them do the deeds. The prakruti, the relative self, forces them to do them. What is your own th...”
“Now we cannot...discover our failure to keep God's law except by trying our very hardest (and then failing). Unless we really try, whatever we say there will always be at the back of our minds the ...”
“He is beginning to master wisdom when he tries to learn how not to try.”
“humility is beyond our reach. if it were a product of reaching, we would instinctively be proud of reaching it. it is a gift.”
“Putting 100% effort into "trying" will always make you successful. With that in mind it's important to remember that the effort part is never easy.”
“Mistakes help to sharpen your next steps. They dont prove that you shouldnt try again.”
“There were those who loved liberty, who cried out to live their own lives, to strive, to rise above, to achieve, and those bent on the mindless equality of stagnation brought about through the enfo...”