Effort Quotes

As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’

When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran’s nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the IAEA.

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

You ask what I’ve been doing all this time as if surviving wasn’t much of an effort.

British people still wear clothes. By clothes I mean actual clothes: jackets and shirts and ties and suits. English men make an effort. We’ve lost that in the US. Everyone is more concerned with being comfortable.

Wins and losses come a dime a dozen. But effort? Nobody can judge effort. Effort is between you and you. Effort ain’t got nothing to do with nobody else.

If subjects must never resist, it follows that every prince, without any effort, policy, or violence, is at once rendered absolute and uncontrollable.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice.

Whatever you do, do it completely. Don’t do it half-arsed. Do it more than anybody else would.