“Without effort, your talent is nothing more than your unmet potential. Without effort, your skill is nothing more than what you could… — Angela Duckworth Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say Musashi is ordinary. But he is. That's what's extraordinary about him. He is not content to rely on whatever… — Eiji Yoshikawa Copy Share Image
Statistically, it would seem improbable that any mathematician or scientist, at the age of 66, would be able through continued research efforts,… — John Forbes Nash Copy Share Image
Surely it is one of the requisites of a tasteful garb that the expression of effort to please shall be wanting in… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Copy Share Image
Such a divine profession is art! When everything else looks so stale and disgustingly vacuous, so enthralls even the littlest real effort… — Felix Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
I would imagine that anyone picking up a book written by me would expect a fast-paced story that requires minimal effort to… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Germany is a fascinating role model. The Germans have maintained their manufacturing edge despite being a high-tax, high-regulation economy. Why? Because the… — Fareed Zakaria Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter if I'm in a boardroom pitching to a group, attempting to perfect the latte heart, or stopping a running… — Spencer Paysinger Copy Share Image
Each of us must make the effort to contribute to the best of our ability according to our individual talents. And then… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
It takes no effort to love. The state has its own innate joy. Questions answer themselves if you are aware enough. Life… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
It is clear that military force and our policy of preemption are alone insufficient to make us safe. But help is on… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
It is the duty and high privilege of every human being to endeavor to improve himself. Effort at self-improvement is the definition… — Joseph P. Bradley Copy Share Image
There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the translator trying to communicate an incommunicable beauty. Yet, unless we… — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm too close to the two Democrats to be against either one. I went to law school with Barack Obama and… — Keith Boykin Copy Share Image
The launch of the report coincides with the initiation by WHO of the global strategy for the prevention and control of osteoporosis,… — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
I'm very humbled by the fact that grassroots efforts are rising up all over the country, but particularly in my home state… — Nina Turner Copy Share Image
Dr. Maggie DiNome was given the Duke Award for her tireless efforts and stellar contributions to the eradication of cancer. But unfortunately… — Pink Copy Share Image
It's a mistake to expect the laws of the country to reflect the imperatives of the New Testament and the Sermon on… — Kelefa Sanneh Copy Share Image
The other would be the real one, composed entirely of young enthusiasts in camouflage uniforms, who would not be put on display,… — Jean Larteguy Copy Share Image
Tired of all her efforts at Tara, Scarlett wishes to escape too: "I do want to escape too! I'm so very tired… — Vivien Leigh Copy Share Image
The main duty of the historian of mathematics, as well as his fondest privilege, is to explain the humanity of mathematics, to… — George Sarton Copy Share Image
My main efforts focussed on trying to identify the rate controlling steps during the cell cycle. Crucial for this analysis were wee… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
Whenever there is an organized movement to persuade people to believe or do something, whenever an effort is made to "propagate" a… — Edwin Way Teale Copy Share Image
... I'm sort of a nervous person with the camera, so I will just shoot arbitrarily until I can focus and compose… — Dennis Hopper Copy Share Image
It cannot but be injurious to the human mind never to be called into effort: the habit of receiving pleasure without any… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
When you are incubating new ideas, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket" is very good advice. But when you are… — Geoffrey Moore Copy Share Image
Obviously, the death of Usama Bin Laden marked a strategic milestone in our effort to defeat al-Qa'ida. Unfortunately, Bin Laden's death, and… — John O. Brennan Copy Share Image
The keys Elijah restored to Joseph Smith permit our hearts to be bound and each of us linked to those of our… — Richard G. Scott Copy Share Image
He'd only been gone two seconds, but the room got brighter when they were together, as if they were two elements that… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
At times, I have been criticized by some philosophers of education, who place me in postures that they classify pejoratively as 'revolutionary.'… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Fanatics end by subverting their own argument. For instance, animal rights activists have some point, and many people feel sympathy with them.… — Douglas Murray Copy Share Image
I to the We means that both the individual's effort and the power of the network matter, and they work in tandem.… — Ben Casnocha Copy Share Image
Our efforts cannot and should not substitute for just public policies and effective programs to meet the needs of the hungry...Money, food,… — John Ricard Copy Share Image
I know that so many of us hoped that, by electing our first black president, we had turned the page on this… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
You gotta keep on pushing the envelope and pushing the door until you get to where you're trying to go. You're the… — Trina Copy Share Image
What distinguishes [Afropolitans] is a willingness to complicate Africa – namely, to engage with, critique, and celebrate the parts of Africa that… — Taiye Selasi Copy Share Image
There's a difference between goals and dreams. Dreams occupy your mind. Goals take over your reality. While you can daydream for free;… — London Mond Copy Share Image
How, then, shall a Christian bear fruit? By efforts and struggles to obtain that which is freely given; by meditations on watchfulness,… — Harriet Beecher Stowe Copy Share Image
We are the most dangerous species of life on the planet, and every other species, even the earth itself, has cause to… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Remember, most of the things you think you need are ego trips designed to bolster your image and your perception of security…… — Stuart Wilde Copy Share Image
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