23 Movie Quotes about Effort (Sound Clips) - page 2

Last updated on: August 8, 2025

Memorable quotes about effort, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

11 Stop, I say, stop it, boy. You're doing a lot of chopping but no chips are flying.

Mel Blanc as Foghorn Leghorn in Foghorn Leghorn Shorts

12 It's not anyone's fault. It's just the way things are. It's what people want and how hard they want it. And how hard it is for them to get it.

Kirk Douglas as Walter O'Neil in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

13 Well, bees make it. -I know who makes it! And it's hard to make it! There's heating and cooling and stirring. You need a whole Krelman thing!

Jerry Seinfeld as Barry B. Benson in Bee Movie

14 But don't expect a miracle unless you help make it to be.

Joel Grey as Joshua Trundle in 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)

15 I'm not letting you undo all my hard work!

Quote from Wreck-It Ralph

16 Here's some things we can focus on: One, we tried hard. And two, we're still dear friends.

Quote from Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

17 If we make an effort today, we might be able to save August.

Quote from Jaws

18 Come on. All right, everybody! That's what I'm talking about, guys. We've made a great effort so far. Let's just keep it up!

Luke Wilson as Mitch in Old School

19 I've trained hard to counter his Silkworm Skill. Now... all has gone to waste!

Quote from Return of the Bastard Swordsman

20 Oh, that's right. Don't make any _ing effort to get up to the top of the _ing obstacle.

Quote from Full Metal Jacket