Genuine Effort Quotes

Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that work on others count for nothing in that very well-lit back alley where one keeps assignation with oneself: no winning smiles will do here, no prettily drawn lists of good intentions. One shuffles flashily but in vain through one's marked cards- the kindness done for the wrong reason, the apparent triumph which involved no real effort, the seemingly heroic act into which one had been shamed.

Trust comes only with genuine effort, never with a lick and a promise.

And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.

I'm not really into all this trying to be No. 1, trying to be King of New York. I'm not with that, I'm just trying to do the best I can and know at the end of the day I gave it my best.

The only way to do is just to go for it, otherwise it ends up looking phoney.

Even where there is talent, culture, knowledge, if there is not earnestness, it does not go to the root of things.

Earning trust is not easy, nor is it cheap, nor does it happen quickly. Earning trust is hard and demanding work. Trust comes only with genuine effort, never with a lick and a promise.

If we want to be cost-conscious, we should do it, not just talk about how cost-conscious we are.

Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.

I think I've had the opportunity to work for people because I wanted to and because I thought they were good people, and therefore everything I do, I can do with sincerity.

When the reward is the activity itself--deepening learning, delighting customers, doing one's best--there are no shortcuts.

It's much funnier when the comedy can happen with me just trying my best to genuinely do a good thing.

I think if you're half-hearted you shouldn't go into acting.

Do something real, and keep it simple.

I'm not just an athlete doing something for likes on social media.

In 'Waiting for Guffman,' the character I played, the Corky character, he's very serious about what he does, and it's not meant to be mean that this is a small town and these people aren't the most talented people. They're trying the best they can. So to be mean, that would be kind of horrifying in its superficiality.

Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.

All true work is sacred.

I'm just someone who cannot fake it. I can only do something with my full heart invested or just not do it at all.

In my adult life I've understood that if I put an enormous amount of love and honesty into something, usually that shows in the end.

A goal of mine is to try and be as real as possible. To try and not comment on the work I'm doing but just do it.

I can't worry about what people are going to think of me and if they're going to like me more than other people. You just have to be present and live in the moment and if it works out, then awesome and I wish everyone who is trying to do the same thing, genuinely the best of luck.

I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.

I think it is important to differentiate between lip service towards something and actually making change.

Money is created by a machine... but you can't really create respect with a machine.