Effort Quotes
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The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him.
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Our prayers must not be efforts to bend God to our will but to yield ourselves to His.
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There is a connection between environment and stress on both ends, with excessive clutter and excessive attention to detail both holding the power to distract us from our ability to love fully, work productively and relax effectively. So, what makes sense to me is for each of us to think this through on a few fronts: what constitutes a comfortable environment for us, how much effort we're willing to put into it relative to other priorities, and how well-matched we need our partners' preferences to be to ours.
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We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.
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Nobody would put as little thought and effort into buying an automobile as they put into deciding who to elect as President of the United States.
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I seemed tranquil but I was extremely agitated, my face hurt with the effort of smiling.
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Nobody knows when you make an effort or when you plant a seed if it will bear fruit or not.
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Still, it can be more effective to accomplish what you need to accomplish with the minimum effort. Watch Anthony Hopkins. He doesn't appear to be doing anything. He is so still that you can't see him working, but you are drawn into his character through his very stillness.
