You can’t control the outcome, but you can control your effort.

The goal of our efforts is to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

If you can’t win, be prepared to be satisfied with giving your best effort.

Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

The establishment wonders why we can’t get more of the black vote. It’s because it’s not doing the things necessary to establish a deeper relationship with the black community. Most black people don’t think alike. Most black people just vote alike.

When it comes to personal consciousness evolution, doing nothing or making a minimal effort is an intentional choice that, as any choice, produces consequences. In this game there are no spectators or bystanders – innocent or otherwise

We plan, we toil, we suffer – in the hope of what? A camel-load of idol’s eyes? The title deeds of Radio City? The empire of Asia? A trip to the moon? No, no, no, no. Simply to wake just in time to smell coffee and bacon and eggs.

My heart always warms to people who do not come to see me, especially Americans, to whom it seems to be more of an effort.

To the end of history, social orders will probably destroy themselves in an effort to prove they are indestructible.

I’ve – well, I’ve been down in the Pit,” Joe succeeded in blurting out. “I must confess that you look like it – very much like it indeed.” Mr. Bronson spoke severely, but if ever by great effort he conquered a smile, that was the time. “I presume,” he went on, “that you do not refer to the abiding-place of sinners, but rather to some definite locality in San Francisco. Am I right?

I’m more interested in plot than theme, but I hope my values find their way into my stories: kindness, sympathy, effort, and humor!

Meaningful work, creative work, thoughtful work, important work – this type of effort takes stretches of uninterrupted time to get into the zone. But in the modern office such long stretches just can’t be found. Instead, it’s just one interruption after another.

john Brown’s effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection

If I am playing a game, I want to give my best, and that’s the only thing that helps me sleep peacefully at night.

The widely accepted assertion that, only if you let markets be will everyone be paid correctly and thus fairly, according to his worth, is a myth. Only when we part with this myth and grasp the political nature of the market and the collective nature of individual productivity will we be able to build a more just society in which historical legacies and collective actions, and not just individual talents and efforts, are properly taken into account in deciding how to reward people.

Humble people can do great things with uncommon perfection because they are no longer concerned about their own interests and their own reputation, and therefore they no longer need to waste their efforts in defending them

My belief in free speech is so profound that I am seldom tempted to deny it to the other fellow. Nor do I make any effort to differentiate between the other fellow right and that other fellow wrong, for I am convinced that free speech is worth nothing unless it includes a full franchise to be foolish and even…malicious.

The effort to reconcile science and religion is almost always made, not by theologians, but by scientists unable to shake off altogether the piety absorbed with their mother’s milk.

Mankind has failed miserably in its effort to devise a rational system of government. The art of government is the exclusive possession of quacks and frauds. It has been so since the earliest days, and it will probably remain so until the end of time.

Of the 1,223 new medicines developed between 1975 and 1997, just 13 were for tropical diseases. Only four sprang from the pharmaceutical industry’s efforts to cure humans. None were found on purpose

People choose to read, and it takes effort. It’s not one of those hobbies that asks nothing of the person who is doing it. It’s more than a hobby.

Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort

If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.

I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes

There is no substitute for hard work

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time

Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration

I am too tired, I must try to rest and sleep, otherwise I am lost in every respect. What an effort to keep alive! Erecting a monument does not require an expenditure of so much strength.

Success is not an overnight phenomenon; it’s the result of consistent effort.

Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort

So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, or one party, or one nation…it must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world

Practice isn’t just about putting in the time. It’s about putting in the effort every day.

How easy it is to be “deep”: all you have to do is let yourself sink into your own flaws.

Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.

There are no sacrifices in vain. There is a reward even for the effort to do good.

Constant muscular activity was natural for the child, and, therefore, the immense effort of the drillmaster teachers to make children sit still was harmful and useless

Remember that you will never reach a higher standard than you yourself set. Then set your mark high, and step by step, even though it be by painful effort, by self-denial and sacrifice, ascend the whole length of the ladder of progress.

You can’t always control the outcome, but you can control your effort and attitude.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

It’s fun to work the robotic arm in part because it’s really a team effort.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Perhaps only when human effort had done it’s best and failed, would God’s power alone be free to work.

Effort is between you and you.

Wins and losses come a dime a dozen. But effort? Nobody can judge that. Because effort is between you and you.

Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.

The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.

I wanted to give a woman comfortable clothes that would flow with her body. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed

I was never so naïve or foolish to think that if you merely believe in something it happens. You must struggle for it.

There is no success without suffering. I think that the word ‘suffering’ was meant to mean tremendous effort and direction.

Push your limit to the absolute extreme.

Success at anything will always come down to this: focus and effort. And we control both.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.

You learn by trying, making mistakes, correcting and trying again and again until your reach the desired goal, which is rarely without effort, but is rather a reward for hard work.

This is my work ethic: I do not want to raise my future kids where I was raised, and I know the only way to do it is working, working, working, working, working.

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development, physically or intellectually, without effort; and effort means work.

There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.

Every time a child is saved from the dark side of life, every time one of us makes the effort to make a difference in a child’s life, we add light and healing to our own lives.

You can do it, put your back into it.

Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance, determines your destiny

These the days of my life. Extra money I’m maxing. To get it much I’m on a stratch.

The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature.

When you decide to move your life to the next level of accomplishment, you must fasten you mental and spiritual seat belts because it is going to be a while before you reach that comfortable level again.

Your dream was given to you. If someone else can’t see it for you, that’s fine, it was given to you and not them. It’s your dream. Hold it. Nourish it. Cultivate it!

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

There is no other road to genius than through voluntary self-effort.

Where failure is experienced, it is the individual, not the method, which has failed. If you try and fail, make another effort, and still another, until you succeed.

Nothing (in life) is given. Everything is earned.

No matter how good one individual is, it takes a whole team to win a championship.

Greatness is defined by how much you want to put into what you do.

Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live

You cannot save people. You can only love them.

Useful undertakings which require sustained attention and vigorous precision in order to succeed often end up by being abandoned, for, in America, as elsewhere, the people move forward by sudden impulses and short-lived efforts.

Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.

What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.

Our invisible work at the improvement of our soul is the most important work in the world, and all other visible kinds of work are useful only when we do this major work.

So basically I did this whole show carrying 100lbs, looking out of one eye, dancing – and then my tits explode at the end. It’s not as easy as it looks!

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

I’m using my artistry to heal, uplift, and inspire.

To be honest, I never realized it. I never really thought that I was going to be really good or not. I just wanted to make my dream come true

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

I feel a frantic desire to free myself. To start all over again and in another way.

Individual acts of bravery and compassion can change the world. It is time to do the same for mental health.

I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be – and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.

And now, I’m just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

When you win something, once, twice, three times, and you have that feeling, that pushes you forward again. You want to win more and more and more.

My one regret is that I didn’t win a trophy with Tottenham, despite us being a strong team who played good, attractive football.

I hustle hard, that’s how I survive.

Let my good outweigh my bad, and keep pushing!

But when the strong were too weak to hurt the weak, the weak had to be strong enough to leave.

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

I had great relationships with all the four coaches I played under at Real Madrid. They all helped me improve, but if I had to pick the best, I would pick Ancelotti.

You must never give up and have faith in yourself.

The ultimate form of disrespect is to dismiss someone’s worth and value.

We learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean… and we were taught to value everyone’s contribution and treat everyone with respect.

Many years ago when I first started my career Maradona told me “to enjoy and play as you know”, and that’s stayed with me ever since and is the best advice I’ve been given.

The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you’re actually helping to make America stronger.

Every day, you have the power to choose our better history—by opening your hearts and minds, by speaking up for what you know is right.

Pressure helps me do things to the best of my ability. I like it. I do not feel pressure; quite the contrary, I always enjoy what I am doing, and that is playing football.

If you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list.

When I get up and work out, I’m working out just as much for my girls as I am for me, because I want them to see a mother who loves them dearly, who invests in them, but who also invests in herself. It’s just as much about letting them know as young women that it is okay to put yourself a little higher on your priority list.

First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream. And finally, dare.

The difference between a broken community and a thriving one is the presence of women who are valued.

Maintaining loyalty is harder than gaining it.

I’ve been through all the bad parts of the streets.

Don’t listen to them haters tryna fill your ears with salt.

I come from a place between the bricks where it was hard at.

When they go low, we go high.

Everyone has complicated lives, but the more you can simplify it and make it work for you, the better it is going to be.

What people tend to forget is the journey that I had getting to Formula One. There were plenty of years where I had to learn about losing and having bad races.

A couple of my mechanics have become vegan because I’ve done it. One of my barbers, too.

When people are connected, we can just do some great things. They have the opportunity to get access to jobs, education, health, communications. We have the opportunity to bring the people we care about closer to us. It really makes a big difference.

My goal was never to make Facebook cool. I am not a cool person.

Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity.

It’s really easy to have a nice philosophy about openness, but moving the world in that direction is a different thing. It requires both understanding where you want to go and being pragmatic about getting there.

Don’t discount yourself, no matter what you’re doing. Everyone has a unique perspective that they can bring to the world.

I will only hire someone to work directly for me if I would work for that person. It’s a pretty good test.

I feel like the thing we can do is celebrate people doing great work and create more cultural momentum and awareness that this is an important thing in the world. So when the next economic crisis hits and people are talking about where to cut from the budget, science isn’t the thing.

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future. The scale of the technology and infrastructure that must be built is unprecedented, and we believe this is the most important problem we can focus on.

Figuring out what the next big trend is tells us what we should focus on.

Ideas don’t come out fully formed , they only become clearer as you work on them . You just have to get started.

We Don’t Build Services to Make Money, We Make Money To Build Services.

Find that thing you are super passionate about.

People don’t care about what you say; they care about what you build.

Don’t let anyone tell you to change who you are.

The only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

Quality is everyone’s responsibility.

I don’t aspire to be like other drivers – I aspire to be unique in my own way.

No matter how difficult life becomes, I’ll smile.

I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.

This is a perverse thing, personally, but I would rather be in the cycle where people are underestimating us.

I just want to make sure that we’re pushing the envelope on all the things that we do.

Love is an endless horizon.

The heart’s geography is as vast as the sky.

We are all travelers seeking solace in the land of dreams.

Home is a scent on the breath of a breeze.

A land without myths is like a sky without stars.

In the face of darkness, we are the light.