“One must have a high opinion of a work of art - not the work one is creating at the moment, but of that which one desires to achieve one day. Without this it is not worthwhile working.” ArtMomentsDesireOpinionAchieveFutureOne DayCreatingWorks Of ArtWorthwhileDesire To Achieve Book:Edgar Degas: Paintings Source: Edgar Degas: Paintings
“I haven't many years left ahead of me and I must devote all my time to painting, in the hope of achieving something worthwhile in the end, something if possible that will satisfy me.” IfsYearsEndsLeftAchieveHavensPaintingMy TimeWorthwhile Book:Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters
“When Picasso paints as a cubist, putting one tone next to another, the arrangement of planes is fine and the results very storng. But those who imitate him achieve nothing worthwhile.” NextResultsAchieveFinePaintPlanesToneWorthwhileImitationArrangements Author:Aristide Maillol
“Some folks call tennis a rich people's sport or a white person's game. I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do. Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis. You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.” PeopleIfsWantPersonsGamesFunSportsWhiteRichSacrificeAchieveFolksBe GoodTennisWorthwhileRich People Author:Arthur Ashe
“I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.” SportsAchieveStriveLastingWorthwhileHypnosisLasting Love Author:Arthur Ashe
“One of the reasons people perish without a vision is that they cannot endure the pain and cost required to achieve any worthwhile purpose.” PeopleReasonPainPurposeVisionAchieveCostEndureWorthwhile Author:Danny Silk
“It is worthwhile for one to make an effort to achieve happiness. Just as the purpose of a plant is to grow, so it is that the main purpose of every human being is to survive and to grow until death.” HumansPurposeGrowsHuman BeingsEffortAchievePlantWorthwhile Author:Dalai Lama
“You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.” IfsWantSportsSacrificeAchieveWorthwhile Author:Arthur Ashe
“Busy is good, isn't it? Busy means we're hard at it, achieving our ends or "goals." Haven't had time to stop, or look around or think. That's considered the sign of a life well lived ... Suppose, though, you're not sure that what you're doing is at all worthwhile. Suppose you blundered into it over a spoonful of lime pickle. It's easy, it pays quite well. But really it's a distraction. It stops you thinking about what you ought to be doing.” ThinkingWellsLooksMeanEndsHardEasyGoalPayAchieveHavensOughtBusyNot SureDistractionWorthwhilePicklesLife Well LivedLimes Author:Sebastian Faulks
“Goals should be difficult to achieve because those achieved with little effort are seldom appreciated, give little personal satisfaction, and are often not very worthwhile. There is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance.” GivingShouldLittlesDifficultGoalEffortAchievePaidSatisfactionSignificanceWorthwhileAppreciatedPersonal Satisfaction Author:John Wooden
“Do not let yourselves be discouraged or embittered by the smallness of the success you are likely to achieve in trying to make life better. You certainly would not be able, in a single generation, to create an earthly paradise. Who could expect that? But, if you make life ever so little better, you will have done splendidly, and your lives will have been worthwhile. Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.” IfsTryingMayLittlesHas BeensDoneCharacterAbleLosesGenerationsAchieveConditionsDemandPropertyDestroyedJudgementParadiseWorthwhileDiscouragedPurchasingSmallnessPurchasing PowerGood Judgement Author:Roger Babson
“With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.” AchieveDutyDisciplineDevotionWorthwhileSelflessSelf DisciplineSelflessnessPakistanQuaidQuaid AzamWorthwhile ThingsDevotion To Duty Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah