Takes Effort Quotes

Forgetting used to be a failing, a waste, a sign of senility. Now it takes effort. It may be as important as remembering. — James Gleick

It takes effort to say no when our heart and brains and guts and, most important, pride are yearning to say yes. Practice. — Cole Harmonson

If we think it takes a lot of effort and hard work to get what we want, then our life is going to be about struggle. — Robert Anthony

Teamwork requires that everyone's efforts flow in a single direction. Feelings of significance happen when a team's energy takes on a life of its own. — Pat Riley

There's no denying that it takes effort to set the intention to see our fundamental connected-ness with others. — Sharon Salzberg

I have that glass-half-empty syndrome, and it takes a great deal of effort to climb out of the hole of darkness that I choose to live in mentally. — Christian Slater

Smiling takes more effort than it's worth, Your Highness. — Amish Tripathi

Talent is allowing oneself to do what comes easily, no matter how much effort it takes. — Donald B. Stewart

Smile! It takes thirty-four muscles to frown and only thirteen to smile. Why make the extra effort? — Dorothea S. Kopplin

It takes a lot of effort to make something look effortless — Ben Mitchell

Unwholesome action, hurting self, comes easily. Wholesome action, healing self, takes effort. — Thich Nhat Hanh

That wasn't easy, was it? Anna, look at me," he says, waiting. "Give yourself credit. It takes a lot of effort to recall a time when we're scared. — Julie Oleszek

It takes enormous effort to avoid all theories and just see. — Michael Crichton

Owing your style sometimes takes effort, and it's okay to expend effort on how you look — Sophia Amoruso

A good marriage takes effort, and honesty is a definite prerequisite. — Julie Garwood

I think the hard thing about all these tools is that it takes a fair amount of effort to become proficient. — Bill Joy

takes a lot of effort to hate someone, Tobias. More than you even realize. Trust me, it takes its toll." The — T.S. Joyce

It takes the same effort to dream small or dream big. Dream big! — Mani Maran

BY DEVOTING THE TIME AND EFFORT IT TAKES TO DEVELOP WHAT GOD HAS PLACED YOU, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF FULFILLMENT. — Joyce Meyer

Growing old is humbling and it takes effort to accomplish this stage of life with dignity. — Kilroy J. Oldster

The average page of a book weighs about 0.035 of an ounce, but getting people to keep turning them takes enormous effort. — Dave Preston

When I was a teenager, I learned that in order to play guitar like Johnny Ramone, it takes a huge amount of physical effort. — Kevin Shields

Everything in life that's meaningful takes effort - takes vitality. You have to work at it. And God helps them who help themselves ... help you. — Jack LaLanne

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. — Helen Keller

Bread takes the effort of kneading but also requires sitting quietly while the dough rises with a power all its own. — David Richo

I get sick of saying how hard everything is. It's hard to get up in the morning. Everything's hard. Everything takes effort. — Elaine Stritch

It takes way more effort to be a bitch than it does to not be one. — Colleen Hoover

I think a certain amount of stress in life is good. The stress of just working, which takes effort - I think it keeps you going. — Anthony Hopkins

Know that you have a center.Know that you belong there.Know that the path to the center takes no effort. — Deepak Chopra

It takes a lot of effort for an obsessive mind to accept the fact that everything is in order except itself. — Moe Cidaly

Becoming a great leader, a great athlete, or great chef takes more than desire or even knowledge. It takes effort. It takes practice. — Dave Anderson

It takes deliberate and continuous effort to carve out time in our overfull schedules to listen to the voice of God. — Sheila Walsh

Life change takes time, effort and patience. But the results you will receive make the initial stress you experience more than worth it. — Robin S. Sharma

It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless. — Norman Foster

It takes effort to accomplish God's will for your life. Until you know God's plan for you, it's impossible to achieve it. — Paul Silway

Real love takes work. You have to be willing to make the effort. — Noah Weinberg

We live in an increasingly chaotic world and it takes a conscious and concerted effort to protect one's humanity. — K.J. Kilton

It takes a lot of work to keep someone oppressed and it takes a heroic effort to get out of such an oppression! — Danita Smith

It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. — Bernard Hopkins

It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory — Paulo Coelho

God loves the lowly. When we live humbly, he takes our small efforts and creates great things. — Pope Francis

Keep your friends close, enemies closer. Takes little effort to drive a sharp knife through their hearts when they outlive their uselessness! — Akuku Mach Pep

I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together. — John Lydon

We're all born pessimists. It takes effort to be optimistic. — Rush Limbaugh

We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort. — Jesse Owens

It takes time to be a good father. It takes effort - trying, failing, and trying again. — Tim Hansel

Change takes effort. And the reality is, most people don't want to put in effort to better their life. — Cesar Millan

It takes the same effort to think small than to think big. But to think big frees you from the insignificant details. — Jorge Paulo Lemann

Booze takes a lot of time and effort if you're going to do a good job with it. — Raymond Carver

It takes close attention to see what is happening in front of you. It takes work, pious effort, to see what you are looking at. — Don DeLillo

You can be whoever you want to be. Sometimes all it takes is a little inspiration and effort. — A.D. Aliwat

It takes more effort to avoid the truth than it does to face it. — Robert J. Braathe

Sometimes moving on takes effort. Sometimes moving on is harder than it looks. — Simone Elkeles

You have to remind kids to stay connected to the meaning of Christmas. Sometimes it takes a little bit of effort, but it's so worth it. — Caroline Kennedy

The reward of being able to tell stories every day is worth the effort required to make it happen, no matter how long it takes. — Sean Platt

You see," she interrupted his blank stare, "it doesn't take much effort to be kind. It only takes the ability to recognize where kindness is needed. — Stephen Reid Andrews

It takes intentional effort to tune out every voice except God's. — Henry Blackaby

Effortlessness is an attractive thing. And it takes a lot of effort to achieve it. — Portia De Rossi

It takes a huge amount of effort to move from a successful high-tech prototype to broader adoption of an imaging technology. — Eric Betzig

I think to make any relationship work it just takes a tremendous amount of effort and accepting of one another. — Rebecca Romijn

it's fucking pathetic how much effort it takes to hate someone — J. Daniels

Success takes so much effort, — T.W. Brown

Caring, it turns out, is a competitive advantage, and one that takes effort, not money. — Seth Godin

Improving the human condition takes little effort; destroying it takes maximum force. — T.F. Hodge

It takes tremendous effort to rise but it takes less effort to fall — Kedron Omosigho

That's my biggest struggle, is maintaining a personal romantic relationship. It takes a lot of effort. — Chelsea Handler

Real change happens bit by bit. It takes great effort to become effortless at anything. There are no quick fixes. — Geneen Roth

In the craziness of our world, it takes tremendous effort to find a quiet place. It takes time to quiet your mind and your heart before the Lord. — Francis Chan

Hatred is prevalent on this earth because it requires no real effort, unlike the investment it takes to genuinely understand a person. — Richelle E. Goodrich

I have a very realistic image of what marriage should be. It takes effort, but it shouldn't be the hardest thing that you do. — Joanna Garcia

I really believe in the environmental movement right now - it only takes a little effort to make a big difference. — Brooke Burke

Life is so crowded with every day. It takes great effort to step aside and just watch and think. — Dagobert D. Runes

Once you realize how effortless the highest way of life is, it takes tremendous effort to assume the opposite. — Lester Levenson

The poor love life as passionately as the rich do. Perhaps more, for the effort it takes to cling to it. — Joan Thomas

If success were easy, everyone would do it. It takes effort. That fact works to your advantage because it keeps lazy people out of the game. — Scott Adams

Simply giving something 'a shot' is not giving something our 'best,' for our best is made up of as many 'shots' as it takes in order to be our best. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere. — Fernando Pessoa

Being charming takes time and effort, and I am busy. — Mason Cooley

It takes almost as much effort to NOT do something, as it does to do it. — Mani S. Sivasubramanian

It takes effort and concern to really think about things. — Sam Owen

Simple code takes effort to design. It is not the same thing as overly simplistic code. — Anonymous

It really takes an effort to appear stupider than you are. — Muriel Barbery

I guess that's what makes lust so bittersweet. The feeling is beautiful, but the effort it takes to deny it is way too hard. — Colleen Hoover

Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort. — Simon Travaglia

This is real life, Master Stephen. Happily ever after takes effort. — Julie Klassen

What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving. — Jeane Kirkpatrick

Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort. — Carla H. Krueger

Making better choices takes work. There is a daily give and take, but it is worth the effort. — Tom Rath

The only effort worth making is the one it takes to learn the geography of one's own nature. — Paul Bowles

A good completion takes a long time; a bad completion cannot be changed later. — Zhuangzi

Thinking is a habit, and like any other habit, it can be changed; it just takes effort and repetition. — John Eliot

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. — Gabrielle Zevin

Life always sinks downward. It takes effort to avoid that. — Mesa Selimovic

An effort disbursed to become like a god takes us closer towards finding him. — Deepak Vidyarthi

Daring to wear something different takes effort. — Miuccia Prada

Book marketing is a skill: it takes knowledge, effort, and persistence to really be successful. — Heather Hart

It takes forever to make a film. It's a gargantuan thing of untold effort. — Francesca Gregorini

It takes effort to promote what you do until it becomes habit. — Greg Peterson

Change takes time. But, it also takes people. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

It takes good effort to begin and a great effort to complete a task. — Lailah Gifty Akita