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> [Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/optimism-unaccompanied-by-personal-effort-is-merely-a-state-of-mind/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

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## Other authors on Personal Effort

## More by Bill Vaughan

> [There is no occasion for our rejoicing at a foe's death, because our own life will also not last forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/there-is-no-occasion-for-our-rejoicing-at-a-foe-s-death-because-our/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [Tachyon OPC+ is a natural extension of our market-winning Tachyon platform, giving customers a clear path to minimizing the OPC error budget and producing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/tachyon-opc-is-a-natural-extension-of-our-market-winning-tachyon/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [I'm not convinced that the world is in any worse shape than it ever was. It's just that in this age of almost instantaneous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/i-m-not-convinced-that-the-world-is-in-any-worse-shape-than-it-ever/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [Historical investigation and literary criticism have taken the magic out of the Bible and have made it a composite human book, written by many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/historical-investigation-and-literary-criticism-have-taken-the-magic/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [There is a major disaster when a person allows some success to become a stopping place rather than a way station on to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/there-is-a-major-disaster-when-a-person-allows-some-success-to-become/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [A silly row which got out of hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/a-silly-row-which-got-out-of-hand/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [Perhaps God chose me to be an atheist?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/perhaps-god-chose-me-to-be-an-atheist/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request. One must seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/patience-is-a-most-necessary-qualification-for-business-many-a-man/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [It may be asserted without scruple, that no otherclass of dependants have had their character so entirely distorted from its natural proportions by their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/it-may-be-asserted-without-scruple-that-no-otherclass-of-dependants/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [Discipline means protection from one's own wanton interest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/discipline-means-protection-from-one-s-own-wanton-interest/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [I believe that God will help us to forget things, the memory of which would do us harm, or rather that He will enable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/i-believe-that-god-will-help-us-to-forget-things-the-memory-of-which/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [He knows not the value of a day of pleasure who has not seen adversity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/he-knows-not-the-value-of-a-day-of-pleasure-who-has-not-seen-adversity/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [Letters should be easy and natural.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/letters-should-be-easy-and-natural/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [The more wit you have, the more good nature you must show, to induce people to pardon your superiority, for that is no easy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/the-more-wit-you-have-the-more-good-nature-you-must-show-to-induce/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

> [We are what we must And not what we would be. I know that one hour Assures not another. The will and the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/we-are-what-we-must-and-not-what-we-would-be-i-know-that-one-hour/)

[Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/)

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