Nothing that's really worthwhile should be easy, Belgarion. If it's easy, we don't value it.
People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Prescription: Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Decide what you want out of a situation. Always have something ahead of you to “look forward to” — to work for and hope for.
Goals achieved with little effort are seldom worthwhile or lasting.
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.
I am an ambitious person, but I am not ambitious in the sense that I want jobs only for the sake of them... I am here to do things I think are worthwhile. I am always careful that the political positions I take are consistent with good policy. I would not want to be prime minister of Australia at any price.
Success is the progressive realization of predetermined, worthwhile, personal goals.
Do not seek prizes that aren't worth getting.
Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.
Not only will this make you treat each moment more preciously, but you will be more patient with yourself and with others, recognizing that there are millions of moments on the path to any worthwhile achievement.
The vigor of civilized societies is preserved by the widespread sense that high aims are worth-while.
