To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also. — Igor Stravinsky Copy Share Image
Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Half effort does not produce half results, it produces no results. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To be more free is the goal of all our efforts, for only in perfect freedom can there be perfection. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Living from our deepest understanding requires an enormous effort, especially when it goes against the stream of our instinctually programmed perceptions of… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
When you surround yourself with white people, you continue to hire white people, and when you make an effort to hire people… — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
Our efforts to help the poor does not mean we're going to eradicate poverty. — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Iran is undertaking a massive effort to expand its influence in southern Iraq. At the same time, that influence decreases the more… — Zalmay Khalilzad Copy Share Image
Isabelle," she said, lightening her tone with an obvious effort, "your loyalty to your friend is understandable --" "He's not my friend."… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“The quality of life that you have is determined solely by the effort you put into giving your life value, purpose and… — steven redhead Copy Share Image
Perhaps one could appoint three or four professional people specially concerned with the task of bridge building between the majority and the… — Norbert Elias Copy Share Image
If you want something good to come out of something, you have to put in a lot of effort. That involves a… — Ed O'Brien Copy Share Image
The way this country deals with drugs is just not funny. What a waste of everyone's time and effort. What a waste… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
Success is a journey, not a destination. It requires constant effort, vigilance and reevaluation. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Just as eagles soar through the vast expanse of the sky without meeting any obstructions, needing only minimal effort to maintain their… — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
But amongst the drivers I don't have friends at all. They are not my friends. It would never work to have a… — Kevin Magnussen Copy Share Image
London and its people are famed for their incredible indifference to one another, but it's actually a charade that requires some effort… — Robert Rinder Copy Share Image
Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense.… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Our national myths often exaggerate the role of the individual heroes and understate the importance of collective effort. — Robert D. Putnam Copy Share Image
As part of my efforts to fight identity theft, I worked with my colleagues on the Financial Services Committee to strengthen consumer… — Melissa Bean Copy Share Image
Young people have a right to optimism, and rightly so; human beings have grown and developed and accomplished wonderful feats in the… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I'm in this effort to unify my life and to live day to day in a disciplined way, to be real at… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, our constant efforts to lower our estimate of the present world should not lead us to hate life or to be… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I had started writing as a poet in a closed, post-Revival, claustrophobic world, where the shadows of the national upheaval and the… — Eavan Boland Copy Share Image
It is always comfortable and easy to work with your life-partner because the chemistry is already there. You don't have to work… — Hiten Tejwani Copy Share Image
When I spoke to pupils at Sydenham School in London, I was shocked and saddened to hear some of the teenage girls… — A. J. Odudu Copy Share Image
Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
At the center of President Obama's strategy for dealing with the Islamic State is an empty space. It's supposed be filled by… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
Greed and desire Not peace, but fire Coveting creation Created damnation Pulled alongside A gate thrown too wide Now our home calls… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
Retaining culture takes effort and persistence and discipline. It's a commitment, not a flag. You can't just pull it out and wave… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
I just want to make sure that I'm competing every day and giving my best effort, because everything else just falls into… — Adam Thielen Copy Share Image
Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Marxism represents a further vital and creative stage in the maturing of man's universal vision... The nation-state is gradually yielding its sovereignty...… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
“So I picked the book up and did my usual 123 test. I don't bother reading the blurb on the back, or… — Siobhan Curham Copy Share Image
Profits are related to customer retention. Customer retention is related to employee retention. Employee retention may or may not be related to… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort to help those left behind, then we… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
I wasn't the brightest kid, not by a long shot. I was interested in football, in girls, in getting my work done… — Thomas J. Sargent Copy Share Image
