The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
In the wars against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, as in so many later conflicts, British women seem to have been no more… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
God must have been engaged from the beginning, and must now be engaged in progressive development, and infinite as God is, he… — John Andreas Widtsoe Copy Share Image
All scientists who've looked at it know we have to phase away from burning fossil fuels. That means we've got to put… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
Self-inquiry is the process and the goal also. 'I am' is the goal and the final reality. To hold to it with… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved… — Roger Staubach Copy Share Image
I've said consistently that I always reserve the right, in conjunction with a broader international effort, to prevent genocide or any wholesale… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The AvowalAs swimmers dareto lie face to the skyand water bears them,as hawks rest upon airand air sustains them;so would I learn… — Denise Levertov Copy Share Image
The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Wonder why we can do this,' he called out with his mind. The mental effort of speaking to her was already straining—he… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
I've dated some very enthusiastic, attractive people and some very unenthusiastic, less attractive people. I see no correlation. But female friends of… — Moby Copy Share Image
The seeds of genius are in many blogs, but bloggers lack the interest in or understanding of the difference between blogging and… — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
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When I arrived in the summer of 2009 to command the war in Afghanistan, I entered an effort that was failing. Many… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
Whatever efforts for peace President Gorbachev had in mind, they were pretty substantially undercut very swiftly by Saddam Hussein. — John Major Copy Share Image
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You have the courage to tell the masses what no politician told them: you are inferior and all the improvements in your… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Choose a person who makes an effort to be with you. Not the man who remembers you only when he has no… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I did not want to live out my life in the strenuous effort to hold a ghost world together. It was plain… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort… — Murasaki Shikibu Copy Share Image
...If humility does not precede all that we do, our efforts are fruitless. — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Many people are afraid to fail, so they don't try. They may dream, talk, and even plan, but they don't take that… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Maybe it was the angle, but her fawn's eyes, looking up at me, seemed larger than ever. I had to make an… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
Every child has a right to know how to achieve control of his body in order that he may use it to… — Margaret H'Doubler Copy Share Image
What may appear as truth to one person will often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
You cant prevent undernourishment so easily, but famines you can stop with half an effort. Then the question was why dont the… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
In diminishing the role of the worker's body in the labor process, industrial technology has also tended to diminish the importance of… — Shoshana Zuboff Copy Share Image
I wrote strong advocacy stories, and when I got to fiction, I made a deliberate effort to leave that behind and enter… — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition. These findings… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
I am opposed to Obama's efforts to destroy the American economy. I'm opposed to Obama's efforts to so-called fix the health care… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
For women to be supplying the soldiery with banners, flannel shirts and other material comforts was, superficially, all of a piece with… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
Some persons have contended that mathematics ought to be taught by making the illustrations obvious to the senses. Nothing can be more… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
I trust my government. I actually have a trust for my government with my data, and I trust them to protect me.… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
In any case, ideals are something we strive for; they are somewhere on the horizon of our efforts; they provide meaning and… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
We must always aim for the impossible; if we lower our goal, we also diminish our effort. — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
Creating a city for successful aging involves incorporating age friendly values into everything we do - every plan, every project, every design.… — Kirk Caldwell Copy Share Image
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