"Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having."

Effort, Worth

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"Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having."

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"A lazy person will never grow wealthy."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Effort, Laziness, Wealth, Growth

"The bigger the 'flat' [apartment], the harder one has to work. If the 'flat' is worth six hundred thousand, then he has to work six times as hard. If it is three hundred thousand, he has to work three times over. One simply has to keep on working hard, doesn't he?"

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Effort, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

"Though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Effort, Universe

"The work is plentiful but the labours are few."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Effort, Work, Plentiful, Labours, Few

"If you have never planted, then you cannot expect a great harvest."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Effort, Sowing, Reaping, Harvest

"But hell, you've gotta work with what you've got."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Effort, Reality, Work, Acceptance

"Your race against life must yield effort for you to be productive."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Effort, Race, Productivity, Purpose

"Planting flowers in a desert is more productive than imparting wisdom to fools."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Effort, Flowers, Desert, Wisdom, Fools

"It depends on you, to keep pushing forward until you win or giving in. Always choice the former."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Effort, Choice, Persistence, Success

"Work while you have strength."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Effort, Work, Strength, Perseverance

Explore more quotes by Ivor Novello

"When the cinematograph first made its appearance, we were told that the days of the ordinary theatre were numbered."

Appearance, First, Theatre

"We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage."

Entertainment, Novelty, Variety

"Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having."

Effort, Worth

"The beautiful heroine might be thinking, How long must I bury my face on this wretched man's shoulder? Such is not the always the case, but quite often it is."

Man, Thinking

"A couple of seats at a good picture house cost comparatively little but give a generous return in the shape of freshened minds and freedom from the worries that even the best regulated homes cannot always avoid."

Freedom,

"Every blessed one of you feels better for that burst of laughter."

Laughter,

"The public must suffer untold pangs from the stiffness, the deliberate stifling of emotion, on the part of many British actors."

Actor, Actors, Emotion, Public

"Love-making is an art which must be studied."

Art, Love

"It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true."

Positive, Acting, Deep, Feeling

"The cinema is an institution nowadays, with its roots sunk deep in the hearts of the millions of people who find enjoyment and entertainment in going to the pictures."

People, Cinema, Deep, Enjoyment