“I don’t hate you. That would take too much effort.”— David E Kelley, Jonathan Shapiro, Billy McBride, Billy Bob Thornton, imdb.com
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”— Theodore Roosevelt, amazon.com
“The longest play in a game is six and a half seconds. The shortest play is less than two seconds. That’s barely a wink of the eye. You’ll average five seconds a play. Five seconds of total effort, going all out, giving a hundred percent. You oughta be able to hold your hand in a fire that long.”— Bear Bryant, allprodad.com
“WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT. Work at it, if necessary, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now. The old proverb is full of truth and meaning, 'Whatever is worth doing at al…”— P.T. Barnum, amazon.com
“I always swing at the ball with all my might. I hit or miss big and when I miss I know it long before the umpire calls a strike on me, for every muscle in my back, shoulders and arms is groaning, 'You missed it.' And believe me, it is no fun to miss a ball that hard.”— Babe Ruth, en.wikiquote.org
“You can only try your best. And if they can’t appreciate that, it’s their fault, not yours.”— Unknown, thoughtcatalog.com
“If they aren’t making moves and taking you out and calling you up in that first month, they never will.”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“There are going to be some days where your partner might only be able to give 40% and it’s up to you to give 60%. That’s what a healthy relationship is about. It’s not just meeting someone halfway, it’s making up what they lack on days they don’t have it in them to give it their all and being okay w…”— Kirsten Corley, thoughtcatalog.com
“If you're prepared, and you know what it takes, it's not a risk. You just have to figure out how to get there. There is always a way to get there.”— Mark Cuban, inc.com
“Talent without effort is wasted talent. And while effort is the one thing you can control in your life, applying that effort intelligently is next on the list.”— Mark Cuban, businessinsider.com
“I am not going to date you unless you put in effort from day one, because I need someone who puts work into the relationship. Someone who sees how much I deserve. Someone who cares as much as I care.”— Holly Riordan, thoughtcatalog.com
“Stop chasing after a boy who won’t give you the time of day, or who isn’t putting in the effort to talk to you. The second that you begin to doubt that you are anything special is the second you need to stop talking to him.”— Mitzi J Hernandez, thoughtcatalog.com
“If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?”— Ross Perot, ranker.com
“If you can't stand a little sacrifice and you can't stand a trip across the desert with limited water, we're never going to straighten this country out.”— Ross Perot, ranker.com
“I do not have time for a man who does not appreciate my energy, who does not want to give his energy in return. I do not wish to waste my heart on someone who doesn’t see the passion I have for him, the way I am stepping into our love with no fear.”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com