...happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I don't have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It's not a conscious… — William Eggleston Copy Share Image
Man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passions, without occupation, without diversion, without effort.… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It is one thing to train officers on fighting crime. It is a whole other thing to train them to build friendships… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
Meet your obligations. But obligations never prevented anyone from following their dreams. Remember that you are a manifestation of the absolute, and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
As long as you cling to your self, you will wander right and left, day and night, for thousands of years; and… — Sanai Copy Share Image
“I once saw, on a flower pot in my own living room, the efforts of a field mouse to build a remembered… — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
Listing the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act could harm bear conservation efforts by eliminating revenues from the carefully-regulated sport hunting… — Amy Ridenour Copy Share Image
One should put forth great effort in matters of learning. One should read books concerning military matters, and direct his attention exclusively… — Kato Kiyomasa Copy Share Image
The kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world; it will accept those whom breeding and intellect and culture have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Thus the brave and aspiring life of one man lights a flame in the minds of others of like faculties and impulse;… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Music at its best...is the grand archeology into and transfiguration of our guttural cry, the great human effort to grasp in time… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I like working with people on their first movies. I think that you never get that level of effort again. And I… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
The writer's ultimate purpose is to use his gifts to develop man's awareness of himself so that he, man, can become a… — Jay Saunders Redding Copy Share Image
Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly. Some are afraid to… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
There is an enormous difference between growing old in the Lord and growing up in Him. One is automatic and requires no… — Charles R. Swindoll Copy Share Image
Each training session I'm getting better and better. I have no other duties now, no worries, it's all about training, eating and… — Usain Bolt Copy Share Image
There's something fun about the road because there's no 9 to 5. But I do find myself making the effort to take… — Hunter Hayes Copy Share Image
How fleeting are the wishes and efforts of man! how short his time! and consequently how poor will his products be, compared… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Negotiations with Iran, especially, will not be easy under any circumstances, but I suspect that they might be somewhat less difficult if… — Hans Blix Copy Share Image
“Underachievers are not always lazy or lacking motivation. Underachievement can result from external barriers, lack of support or resources, and mental or… — Asuni LadyZeal Copy Share Image
It is the job of conscious rational thought to decide what you want, select the goals you wish to achieve-and concentrate upon… — Maxwell Maltz Copy Share Image
In Zen Buddhism, "The Great Cessation" is a term that points to the abandoning of the effort to define one's self by… — Mike Scheidt Copy Share Image
Nothing can stop you moving forward, unless you yourself surrender under pressure. Be the best that you can do with skill and… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
In fact, what I love about cinema is the real work itself, which is still a collective effort, all done together. I… — Alice Rohrwacher Copy Share Image
I urge our people everywhere, with all of the persuasiveness of which I am capable, to live worthy to hold a temple… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“(about William Blake) As for Blake's happiness--a man who knew him said: "If asked whether I ever knew among the intellectual, a… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
It's important to make an effort under any circumstance - stagnant, sickness, being in an unstable lifestyle, even when society is insane.… — Masaaki Hatsumi Copy Share Image
His Majesty knows best what is suitable for us. There's no need for us to be advising Him about what He should… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Short-sighted and impatient efforts to wipe out poverty by severing the connection between effort and reward can only lead to the growth… — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Is not every action of Hamlet induced by a fanatical impulse, which tells him that duty consists in revenge alone? And dose… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
We need to take nostalgia seriously as an energizing impulse, maybe even a form of knowledge. The effort to revalue what has… — T. J. Jackson Lears Copy Share Image
Nobody is going to invest a fortune into good orchard land, all the farming equipment necessary, the fertilizer, the seedlings, the nonstop… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer:… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Consider the oddity of those drug commercials on television. Fifteen seconds of the purported therapeutic effort, followed by about 45 seconds of… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
The problem of moral change would appear to be one of presenting stimuli which are both sufficiently incongruous as to stimulate conflict… — Lawrence Kohlberg Copy Share Image
Materialistic success can be explained quite simply. Those who succeed focus their attention on success - not on their talent. Remember these… — Brad Steiger Copy Share Image
I cannot think of a more personally rewarding and appropriate use of wealth than to give while one is living - to… — Chuck Feeney Copy Share Image
When it comes to creating emotional wellbeing, we are only going to achieve this, I believe, if we help each other in… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
