Effort Quotes

He who gives early gives twice.

Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort.

You can make yourself happy or miserable – it’s the same amount of effort.

I will keep on hurdling and keep on hustling.

Pay less attention to what you hear about someone, and more to what you learn about them as you make the effort.

The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.

It takes a lot of effort to care.

Meditation does not mean just sitting quietly for five or ten minutes. It requires conscious effort. The mind has to be made calm and quiet; at the same time, it has to be vigilant so as not to allow any distracting thoughts or desires to enter.

From kindergarten to college, certain teachers engaged my curiosity and motivated me to learn. While I was not the best student, their efforts left a lasting impact.

The Booker triumph of Graham Swift’s moving, effortlessly profound Last Orders is a vindication of the quiet, much-misunderstood path this fine writer chose to take after the brilliance of Waterland more than ten years ago.