John McGahern Quotes

It's easier to bleed than sweat, Mr. Motes.

It's blood, sweat, sometimes tears.

I believe in blood, sweat and tears.

The amount of work and the amount of both physical and emotional investment it takes to get to the top.

This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.

A lot of blood, sweat, and tears have gone into this career of mine.

All commitments require sacrifice and hardship.

Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain... The best things in life are beyond money; their price is agony and sweat and devotion... and the price demanded for the most precious of all things in life is life itself--ultimate cost for perfect value

When you reach for the stars, you lose blood and tears. That's something you should remember.

It was love because it was worth it.

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

If you don't suffer, you don't get anything. Nothing easy in life.

Running a start-up is like eating glass. You just start to like the taste of your own blood.

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt.

Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.

It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.

Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.

Nothing of any importance can be taught. It can only be learned, and with blood and sweat.

It takes a little blood to let the learning in.

If I end up disgraced in a ditch somewhere, but it helps the country, it will still be worth it.

The brighter the fire in your belly to achieve something special, the more hurts you'll have.

Every medal I have won is a story of a difficult struggle.

Sometimes it's hard. I'm not going to lie. It's tough. You feel like you're killing yourself, and you're giving it all you've got, and you're just not seeing it.

Love takes a lot of work.