Effort
People don’t always realize how hard we work to make something look effortless.
Author: Teri GarrTopics: Effort, Famous, Feelings
Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.
Author: B. C. ForbesTopics: Effort, Famous
You can’t control the outcome, but you can control your effort.
Author: Kapil DevTopics: Effort, Famous, Inspirational
The goal of our efforts is to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Author: Xi JinpingTopics: Effort, Famous, Goal
If you can’t win, be prepared to be satisfied with giving your best effort.
Author: A. J. FoytTopics: Effort, Satisfied
Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
Author: Vince LombardiTopics: Civilization, Commitment, Company, Effort, Individual, Team 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.
Author: J. C. WattsTopics: Effort, Establishment, Famous, Relationship, Thinking
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
Author: Thomas CampbellTopics: Effort, Evolution, Famous, Feelings, Innocents, Life, Meaningful
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.
Author: J. B. PriestleyTopics: Effort, Essence, Famous, Fulfillment, Meaningful, Simple life style
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.
Author: A. E. HousmanTopics: Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaning, Meaning of life, Meaningful, Meaningful connections, People, People Respect, People’s, People’s Opinions
To the end of history, social orders will probably destroy themselves in an effort to prove they are indestructible.
Author: Reinhold NiebuhrTopics: Effort, Famous, History, Indestructible, Meaningful, Prove, Social
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?
Author: Jack LondonTopics: Effort, Great, Place, Severely
I’m more interested in plot than theme, but I hope my values find their way into my stories: kindness, sympathy, effort, and humor!
Author: Gail Carson LevineTopics: Effort, Famous, Humor, Kindness, Plot, Stories
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.
Author: Iain De CaesteckerTopics: Creative, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Office, Positive, Work
john Brown’s effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection
Author: George Haven PutnamTopics: Curious, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Odd feeling, Odds, Positive, Revolution, Revolutionary, Slave, Slaves, Strange, Strange place, Strange things, Strange world, Weird
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.
Author: K. L. RahulTopics: Dedication, Effort, Famous, Hard Work, Peacefully, Performance, Playing, Sleep, Want, Winning
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.
Author: Ha-Joon ChangTopics: Effort, Fair, Famous, Market, Myths, 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
Author: Thomas MertonTopics: Concerned, Defending, Effort, Famous, Feelings, Humble, Inspirational, Interest, Life, Meaningful, People, Perfection, Reputation, Uncommon way, Waste
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.
Author: H. L. MenckenTopics: Effort, Famous, Free speech, Freedom of expression, Profound, Profound perspective
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.
Author: H. L. MenckenTopics: Effort, Famous, Religion, Science, Scientists
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.
Author: H. L. MenckenTopics: Effort, Famous, Government, Rational, System
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
Author: A. A. GillTopics: Develop, Efficiency, Effort, Huge, Human, Human activities, Purpose, Purposeful, Purposeful Living
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.
Topics: Effort, Famous, Hobbies, People, Read, Task
Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort
Topics: Efficiency, Effort, Having, Having enough, Leads, Life Cycle, life lesson, Life Long Journey, Nothing
If you want something you’ve never had, you must be willing to do something you’ve never done.
Author: Thomas JeffersonTopics: Challenge, Change, Commitment, Courage, Desire, Effort, Exploration, Famous, Feelings, Innovation, Inspirational, Meaningful, Never Done, Never Had, Positive, Risking, Something, Transformation, Want, Willing
I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Author: Thomas JeffersonTopics: Achievement, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Harder, Hardwork, Inspirational, Life, Luck, Meaningful, Positive, Positivity
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.
Author: Thomas JeffersonTopics: Action, Ambition, Complain, Doing, Done, Effectiveness, Effort, Famous, Feelings, Idle, Loses, Meaningful, Never, Occasion, Person, Positive, Proactivity, Task, Time, Want, Wonderful
Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration
Author: Thomas A. EdisonTopics: Achievement, Dedication, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Hard Work, Inspiration, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Perspiration, Positive, Success
I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work
Author: Thomas A. EdisonTopics: Creativity, Dedication, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Innovation, Inspirational, Invention, Meaningful, Never, Work
It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work
Author: Thomas A. EdisonTopics: Definitely, Effort, Engagement, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Focus, Meaningful, People, Productivity, Thinking, 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
Author: Thomas A. EdisonTopics: Achievement, Decide, Decision, Determination, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Goal, Inspirational, Meaningful, Positive, Results, Success, Trials, Worth
There is no substitute for hard work
Author: Thomas A. EdisonTopics: Achievement, Dedication, Discipline, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Hardwork, Inspirational, Meaningful, Positive, Substitute, Success
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time
Author: Thomas A. EdisonTopics: Certain, Determination, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Giving up, Greatest, Inspirational, Lies, Meaningful, More, Patience, Perseverance, Positive, Success, Time, Trying, Weakness
Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration
Author: Thomas A. EdisonTopics: Achievement, Commitment, Dedication, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Genius, Hardwork, Inspiration, Life, Meaningful, Perspiration, Success
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.
Author: Franz Kafka
Topics: Building, Efficient, Effort, Famous, Feelings, Keep, Life, Lost, Lost opportunities, Meaningful, Requirement, Sleep, Strength
Success is not an overnight phenomenon; it’s the result of consistent effort.
Author: Rohit SharmaTopics: Consistent, Effort, Famous, Overnight, Phenomenon, Results, Success
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.
Author: Franklin D. RooseveltTopics: Effort, Famous, Happiness, Happy, Head Down, Heading, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Money, Money Rules, positively, Possession
Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort
Author: Franklin D. RooseveltTopics: Creating, Creation, Creative, Creative Aspects, Effort, Famous, Happiness, Happy, Life, Meaningful
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.
Author: Franklin D. RooseveltTopics: Efficient, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Life, Meaningful, Name, Name-calling, Terrible
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
Author: Franklin D. RooseveltTopics: Cool, Cooperation, Effective, Effective communication, Efficiency, Effort, Famous, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Peace, Peace president, Peaceful
Practice isn’t just about putting in the time. It’s about putting in the effort every day.
Author: Gabby DouglasTopics: Effort, Famous, Inspirational, Practice, Putting, Time
How easy it is to be “deep”: all you have to do is let yourself sink into your own flaws.
Author: Emil Cioran
Topics: Deep, Deep affection, Easy, Effort, Flaws, Lesson, Letting go
Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.
Author: Gabby DouglasTopics: Effort, Famous, Gold, Hard Work, Inspirational, Medal, Tears
There are no sacrifices in vain. There is a reward even for the effort to do good.
Author: Ellen G. WhiteTopics: Effort, Famous, Good, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Positive, Rewards, Sacrifice, Sacrifices, Vain
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
Author: G. Stanley HallTopics: Child, Constant, Effort, Famous, Inspirational, Muscular, Natural, 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.
Author: Ellen G. WhiteTopics: Effort, Famous, Higher, Ladder, Life, Mark, Meaningful, Never, Painful, Progress, Reach, Remember, Sacrifice, Self-denial, Step by step
You can’t always control the outcome, but you can control your effort and attitude.
Author: Eliud KipchogeTopics: Control, Effort, Famous, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Outcome
Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.
Author: Eliud KipchogeTopics: Effort, Famous, Hurt, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful
It’s fun to work the robotic arm in part because it’s really a team effort.
Author: Ellen Ochoa
Topics: Efficiency, Effort, Entertainment, Entertainment business, Fun, Fun Loving, Part, Participant, Teaching, Team
A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
Topics: Effort, Famous, Feelings, Glorious, Hopeless, Lesson, Letting go, Life, Little, Meaningful, Past failures, SuccessesPerhaps only when human effort had done it’s best and failed, would God’s power alone be free to work.
Author: Corrie Ten BoomTopics: Efficiency, Effort, Free, Free of cost, God, God willing, Human, Human Activity, Power, Power of nature, Work
Wins and losses come a dime a dozen. But effort? Nobody can judge that. Because effort is between you and you.
Author: Ray LewisTopics: Effort, Famous, Judge, Losses, Wins
Good books are as friends, willing to give to us if we are willing to make a little effort.
Author: Gordon B. HinckleyTopics: Effort, Famous, Friends, Willing
The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.
Author: Colin Powell
Topics: Effort, Famous, Feelings, Greater, Life, Meaningful, Relief, United, United States, 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
Author: Coco ChanelTopics: Clouds, Comfortable, Dreamy feeling, Dressed, Efficiency, Effort, Famous, Feelings, Life, Meaningful, Naked, Name
I was never so naïve or foolish to think that if you merely believe in something it happens. You must struggle for it.
Author: Golda MeirTopics: Achieving, Determination, Effort, Famous, Goals, Hard Work, Importance, Inspirational, Persistence, Realism, Struggle
There is no success without suffering. I think that the word ‘suffering’ was meant to mean tremendous effort and direction.
Author: Earl NightingaleTopics: Direction, Effort, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Positive, Success, Suffering
Push your limit to the absolute extreme.
Author: Gordon RamsayTopics: Achievement, Determination, Effort, Encourages, Famous, Individuals, Inspirational, Limits, Perseverance, Striving
Success at anything will always come down to this: focus and effort. And we control both.
Author: Dwayne JohnsonTopics: Effort, Famous, Focus, Meaningful, Success
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.
Author: Helen KellerTopics: Effort, Famous, Greatest Gift, Inspirational, Mind, Toleration
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
Author: Helen KellerTopics: Effort, Famous, Happier, Inspirational, Life, Unselfish
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.
Author: Dante AlighieriTopics: Effort, Famous, Goal, Hardworking, Learn, Meaningful, Mistake, Rarely
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.
Author: Cardi BTopics: Effort, Inner passions, Inner Struggles, Practically, Practice, Practicing, Suffer
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development, physically or intellectually, without effort; and effort means work.
Author: Calvin CoolidgeTopics: Development, Effort, Human Activity, Intellectual, Physical
There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.
Author: Marianne WilliamsonTopics: Children, Effort, Famous, Feelings, Meaningful, Single
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.
Author: Oprah WinfreyTopics: Child, Dark, Effort, Healing, Life
You can do it, put your back into it.
Author: Ice CubeTopics: Determination, Effort, Encouraging, Famous, Motivating, Motivational
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
Author: AristotleTopics: Effort, Excellence, Famous, Feelings, Intelligence, Life, Meaningful
These the days of my life. Extra money I’m maxing. To get it much I’m on a stratch.
Author: Lil DurkTopics: Effort, Famous, Goals, Inspirational, Seizing opportunities, Striving
The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature.
Author: Antoni GaudiTopics: Effort, Famous, Feelings, Great, Human Nature, Life, Read
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.
Author: Les BrownTopics: Dedication, Discomfort, Effort, Famous, Mental, Perseverance, Spiritual, Strong determination
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!
Author: Les BrownTopics: Dedication, Dream, Effort, Famous, Inspirational
Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Author: Napoleon HillTopics: Effort, Famous, Feelings, Meaningful, Person, Rewards
There is no other road to genius than through voluntary self-effort.
Author: Napoleon HillTopics: Effort, Famous, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Roads
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.
Author: Napoleon HillTopics: Effort, Fail, Failure, Famous, Inspirational, Life, Succeed
Nothing (in life) is given. Everything is earned.
Author: LeBron JamesTopics: Dedication, Effort, Famous, Given, Inspirational, Life
No matter how good one individual is, it takes a whole team to win a championship.
Author: LeBron JamesTopics: Championship, Effort, Famous, Good, Individuals, Inspirational, Teamwork, Win
Greatness is defined by how much you want to put into what you do.
Author: LeBron JamesTopics: Achievement, Dedication, Effort, Famous, Greatness, Inspirational, Interested, Invest, Passion
Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live
Author: Anais NinTopics: Effort, Ego, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Little Things, Live, Living, Meaningful
You cannot save people. You can only love them.
Author: Anais NinTopics: Efficiency, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Love, Loving, Meaningful
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.
Author: Alexis de TocquevilleTopics: Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Order, Useful
Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.
Author: Leonardo da VinciTopics: Effort, Famous, Goal, Positive, Purposeful, Work
What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are but how you deal with incompatibility.
Author: Leo TolstoyTopics: Commitment, Compromise, Dealing, Effort, Famous, Happy Marriage, Incompatibility, Inspirational, Motivational
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.
Author: Leo TolstoyTopics: Effort, Famous, Important, Improvement, Invisible Work, Major Work, Meaningful, Useful, Visible
Dale Carnegie, speaker, writer: “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.”
Author: Abraham MaslowTopics: Ability, Confidence, Education, Efficiency, Effort, Famous, Feelings, Life, Platform, Satisfaction
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!
Author: Lady GagaTopics: Creativity, Effort, Famous, Show
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
Author: Abraham LincolnTopics: Confidence, Courage, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Life
I’m using my artistry to heal, uplift, and inspire.
Author: A Boogie wit da HoodieTopics: Capture, Challenge, Courage, Effort, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life
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
Author: Lionel MessiTopics: Desire, Determined, Dream, Effort, Famous, Honest, Motivation, Positivity, Realization
I’m telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true.
Author: Lady GagaTopics: Change, Effort, Famous, Fear, Manipulation, Mindset
I feel a frantic desire to free myself. To start all over again and in another way.
Author: Milan KunderaTopics: Ability, Acknowledgement, Challenge, Chance, Circumstances, Condition, Confession, Courage, Effort, Encouragement, Faith, Feelings, Meaningful Impact, Wisdom
Individual acts of bravery and compassion can change the world. It is time to do the same for mental health.
Author: Lady GagaTopics: Ability, Challenging, Change, Effort, Famous, Indivisuality, Mental Health, Positive, World
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.
Author: Lady GagaTopics: Acknowledgement, Challenging, Dedication, Determination, Effort, Famous, Fulfillment, Hard Work, Inspirational, Meaningful Impact, Positive, Self Belief, Self-Improvement
And now, I’m just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time.
Author: Lady GagaTopics: Ability, Change, Desire, Dreams, Effort, Famous, Impactful, Inspiration, Meaningful, Positivity, World
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.
Author: Lady GagaTopics: Ambition, Effort, Embrace, Empowered, Encouragement, Establish, Experiences, Famous, Fans, Fulfilling, Impactful, Improve, Influence, Inspiration, Meaningful, Motivational, Passionate, Positive, Role Model
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.
Author: Luca ModricTopics: Consistency, Desire, Determined, Develop, Dream, Effort, Encouragement, Enjoy, Excitement, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Focused, Goal, Inspiration, Interest, Meaningful, Positive, Success, Win
My one regret is that I didn’t win a trophy with Tottenham, despite us being a strong team who played good, attractive football.
Author: Luca ModricTopics: Acknowledgement, Championship, Coach, Competition, Confession, Desire, Effort, Expectation, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Lesson, Life, Mindset, Perspective, Potential, Regrets, Shame, Stupidity, Team, Tophy
I hustle hard, that’s how I survive.
Author: Lil BabyTopics: Dedication, Determined, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Hard Time, Hard Work, Hardship, Motivational, Opportunity, Passionate, Problems, Significance, Struggle, Success, Suffer
Let my good outweigh my bad, and keep pushing!
Author: Lil BabyTopics: Acknowledgement, Challenge, Change, Determined, Effort, Famous, Improve, Mindset, Motivational, Positive
But when the strong were too weak to hurt the weak, the weak had to be strong enough to leave.
Author: Milan KunderaTopics: Concept, Effort, Learning, Life, Meaningful
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.
Author: Michael JordanTopics: Ability, Achievement, Acknowledgement, Ambition, Career, Challenge, Championship, Chance, Competition, Confidence, Courage, Effort, Encouragement, Establish, Facts, Failure, Feelings, Focus, Focused, Football, Footballer, Goals, Hard Time, Hard Work, Harmony, Improve, Improvement, Inspirational, Journey, Learning, Lesson, Life, Losing, Loss, Mind, Miracles, Opportunity, Pain, Passion, Performance, Player, Possibility, Problem, Proud, Sacrifice, Self Respect, Strength, Success, Successful, Thankful, Work
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.
Author: Luca ModricTopics: Effort, Famous, Good, Improvement, Interest, Position, Real Madrid, Relationship, Support
You must never give up and have faith in yourself.
Author: Luca ModricTopics: Advice, Challenge, Effort, Faith, Motivational
The ultimate form of disrespect is to dismiss someone’s worth and value.
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Concept, Confession, Disrespect, Efficiency, Effort, Elegance, Enemies, Fear, Feeling, Forgiveness, Value, Worth
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.
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Acknowledgement, Chance, Connection, Contributions, Education, Effort, Ideas, Judgement, Legend, Life, Visions
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.
Author: Lionel MessiTopics: Advice, Career, Effort, Encouragement, Enjoyment, Experiences, Famous, Help, Inspirational, Lesson, Life, Meaningful, Motivational, Positive, Respect, Thankful
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.
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Abroad, Ambition, Career, Competition, Concept, Courage, Creative, Decision, Dedication, Development, Education, Effort, Encouragement, Establish, Express, Facts, Faith, Feeling, Imagination, Lesson, Life, Power, Strength, Stronger, Study, Support
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.
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Ability, Desire, Dream, Effort, Expectation, Goal, Growth, Success, Successful
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.
Author: Lionel MessiTopics: Ability, Connection, Effort, Enjoyment, Everything, Express, Famous, Feelings, Football, Fun, Help, Inspiration, Motivational, Player, Positive, Sports
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.
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Advice, Challenge, Cheat, Confidence, Efficiency, Effort, Equality, Facts, Failure, Famous, Fear, Feeling, Hard Work, Improve, Improvement, Improvements, Sorrows, Success, Successful, Time, Value, Wisdom, Work
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.
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Achievement, Acknowledgement, Business, Care, Challenge, Child, Childhood, Comparision, Connection, Courage, Dedication, Deep, Desire, Development, Education, Effort, Entrepreneur, Express, Family, Feeling, Focus, Goals, Job, Journey, Life, Love, Parenting, Precious, Work
First, think. Second, believe. Third, dream. And finally, dare.
Author: Walt DisneyTopics: Achievement, Ambition, Concept, Confidence, Creative, Crucial, Curiosity, Dream, Effort, Encouragement, Energy, Excitement, Experiences, Faith, Famous, Goals, Hard Work, Hope, Imagination, Life, Passion, Patience, Positive, Reality
The difference between a broken community and a thriving one is the presence of women who are valued.
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Courage, Dedication, Effort, Emotion, Lesson, Life, Motivational, Support, World
Maintaining loyalty is harder than gaining it.
Author: Lil BabyTopics: Effort, Experiences, Fame, Famous, Inspirational, Lesson, Loyalty
I’ve been through all the bad parts of the streets.
Author: Lil BabyTopics: Achievement, Crucial, Effort, Famous, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Pain, Poor, Struggle
Don’t listen to them haters tryna fill your ears with salt.
Author: Lil BabyTopics: Advice, Criticize, Effort, Facts, Feelings, Haters
I come from a place between the bricks where it was hard at.
Author: Lil BabyTopics: Challenge, Crucial, Effort, Experiences, Facts, Famous, Hard Work, Inspiration, Lesson, Life, Pain, Poor, Struggle
When they go low, we go high.
Author: Michelle ObamaTopics: Business, Confidence, Courage, Effort, Faith, Feeling, Hope, Losing, Meaningful, Mind, Profession, Talent, Teamwork, Wisdom
Everyone has complicated lives, but the more you can simplify it and make it work for you, the better it is going to be.
Author: Lewis HamiltonTopics: Advice, Crucial, Effort, Famous, Lesson, Life, Meaningful, Motivational
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.
Author: Lewis HamiltonTopics: Dedication, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Improve, Learning, Life, Losing, Meaningful, Practice, Race, Struggle
A couple of my mechanics have become vegan because I’ve done it. One of my barbers, too.
Author: Lewis HamiltonTopics: Effort, Famous
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.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Achievement, Communication, Dream, Education, Effort, Energy, Experiences, Freedom, Hard Work, Work
My goal was never to make Facebook cool. I am not a cool person.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Communication, Concept, Development, Dream, Effort, Emotion, Everything, Express, Facts, Famous, Journey, Knowledge, Learning, Lesson, Life, Talent, Time, Work
Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Challenge, Courage, Education, Effort, Everything, Feeling, Life
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.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Courage, Criticize, Devotion, Education, Effort, Emotion, Facts, Life, Understanding
Don’t discount yourself, no matter what you’re doing. Everyone has a unique perspective that they can bring to the world.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Cool, Courage, Dedication, Education, Effort, Emotion, Express, Facts, Feeling, Performance, Position, Power, Practice
I will only hire someone to work directly for me if I would work for that person. It’s a pretty good test.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Business, Chance, Concept, Confidence, Control, Courage, Effort, Emotion, Everything, Express, Feelings, Life, Observation, Opportunity
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.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Advice, Ambition, Business, Concept, Control, Effort, Growth, Imagination, Lesson, Life, Manipulation, Meaningful
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.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Business, Care, Concept, Confession, Courage, Decision, Desire, Dream, Effort, Faith, Leadership, Learning, Manipulation, Meaningful, Mind, Motivational, Opportunity, Social Work
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.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Advice, Ambition, Challenge, Change, Children, Concept, Confession, Desire, Effort, Feelings, Growth, Happiness, Hard Work, Improvement, Leadership, Learning, Lesson, Life, Social Work, Work
Figuring out what the next big trend is tells us what we should focus on.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Advice, Ambition, Business, Challenge, Competition, Effort, Everything, Experiences, Express, Facts, Team, Teamwork, Technique, Time, Title, Wealth
Ideas don’t come out fully formed , they only become clearer as you work on them . You just have to get started.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Concept, Control, Cool, Effort, Strength, Struggle, Technique
We Don’t Build Services to Make Money, We Make Money To Build Services.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Achievement, Ambition, Business, Care, Confession, Cool, Courage, Effort, Feelings, Hard Work, Help, Life, Love
Find that thing you are super passionate about.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Advice, Concept, Courage, Effort, Lesson, Life, Strength, Struggle, Success
People don’t care about what you say; they care about what you build.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Challenge, Concept, Control, Courage, Crucial, Effort, Emotion, Freedom, Growth, Hard Work, Improvement, Improvements, Judgement, Knowledge
Don’t let anyone tell you to change who you are.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Concept, Control, Decision, Desire, Dream, Effort, Elegance, Emotion, Everything, Expectation, Express, Facts, Feelings, Judgement, Knowledge, Learning, Lesson, Life, Manipulation, Performance, Truth, Unique, Value, World
The only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Advice, Business, Chance, Competition, Concept, Courage, Effort, Feelings, Hard Work, Inspirational, Learning, Lesson, Life, Losing, Loss, Motivational, Reality, Strength, Work
Quality is everyone’s responsibility.
Author: W. Edwards DemingTopics: Advice, Ambition, Effort, Everything, Express, Famous, Process, Quality, Respect, Responsibilities
I don’t aspire to be like other drivers – I aspire to be unique in my own way.
Author: Lewis HamiltonTopics: Change, Desire, Dream, Effort, Expectation, Famous, Hard Work, Inspirational, Successful, Unique
No matter how difficult life becomes, I’ll smile.
Author: Lil BabyTopics: Challenge, Decision, Effort, Emotion, Express, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Positive, Strength
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.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Achievement, Advice, Concept, Courage, Desire, Effort, Famous, Feelings, Improvement, Learning, Lesson, Superhero, Work
This is a perverse thing, personally, but I would rather be in the cycle where people are underestimating us.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Achievement, Ambition, Change, Competition, Concept, Confidence, Effort, Improvement, Judgement, Knowledge, Leadership, Lesson, Light, Motivational, Social Work
I just want to make sure that we’re pushing the envelope on all the things that we do.
Author: Mark ZuckerbergTopics: Achievement, Concept, Courage, Desire, Dream, Effort, Emotion, Express, Faith, Famous, Feelings, Growth, Society
Love is an endless horizon.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Advice, Concept, Decision, Dreams, Effort, Emotion, Family, Growth
The heart’s geography is as vast as the sky.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Communication, Concept, Effort, Emotion, Environmental, Faith, Feelings, Talent, Time, World
We are all travelers seeking solace in the land of dreams.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Ambition, Dreams, Education, Effort, Emotion, Faith, Feelings, Life, Love, Passion
Home is a scent on the breath of a breeze.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Concept, Dedication, Desire, Effort, Emotion, Feelings, Home
A land without myths is like a sky without stars.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Change, Concept, Control, Devotion, Dreams, Education, Effort, Emotion, Experiences, Fear, Feelings, Hustle, Stars, Truth, World
In the face of darkness, we are the light.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Alone, Effort, Environmental, Fear, Feelings, Title, Truth, Worry
Every day I’m getting shaped and molded. Keepin’ on, being a better artist, and improving on this, improving on that. The more I’m in it, the more I’m practicing and the more I’m advancing.
Author: Lil BabyTopics: Achievement, Dreams, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Improvement, Inspirational, Learning, Lesson, Life, Motivational, Practice, Rapping, Satisfaction, Song, Success, Talent, Trust
I used to go to the West to get loads, I just came back from the West with a trophy.
Author: Lil BabyTopics: Achievement, Country, Courage, Effort, Famous, Hard Work, Life, Motivational, Positive, Proud, Struggle, Success, Trophy
Every time I plant a tree, I plant myself.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Ambition, Effort, Freedom, Growth, Health, Learning, Lesson, Life
On the last day of the war, I died.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Alone, Efficiency, Effort, Emotion, Inspirational, Lesson, Life, Strength, Time
Without the help of my teammates I would be nothing. I wouldn’t win titles, honors, nothing.
Author: Lionel MessiTopics: Alone, Contributions, Decent, Effort, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Football, Friendship, Help, Honour, Improvement, Inspirational, Observation, Opportunity, Performance, Positive, Possibility, Respect, Strength, Successful, Team, Teamwork, Title, Trust, Value
For my part, I try to do my bit to make people’s lives more bearable, in particular children across the globe who are having problems.
Author: Lionel MessiTopics: Care, Children, Contributions, Decision, Desire, Effort, Famous, Gift, Help, Human, Life, Love, Meaningful, Motivational, Opportunity, Social Work
As long as I have the power to dream, I will dream of returning.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Dedication, Desire, Dreams, Education, Effort, Emotion, Power, Support, Talent, Value, Worry
On this land, there is what deserves life.
Author: Mahmoud DarwishTopics: Chance, Death, Desire, Effort, Environmental, Faith, Inspirational, Life, Love, Meaningful
I still have a lot of room for improvement. For example, I want to shoot equally well with both feet.
Author: Lionel MessiTopics: Ambition, Dedication, Desire, Dream, Effort, Famous, Improvement, Intelligence, Positive, Practice, Soccer