Effectual Quotes

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He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter. — Isaac Barrow
The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries. — John Adams
Persuasion is often more effectual than force. — Aesop
The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating to you the… — George Washington
intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer prevails. The fervent effectual prayer… — Samuel Chadwick
Prayer is work. The experiences of many children of God demonstrate that it accomplishes far more than does any other form of work. It is… — Watchman Nee
How happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to… — William Cowper
You must pray with all your might. That does not mean saying your prayers, or sitting gazing about in church or chapel with eyes wide… — William Booth
There is no flattery so adroit or effectual as that of implicit assent. — William Hazlitt
The assumption of merit is easier, less embarrassing, and more effectual than the actual attainment of it. — William Hazlitt
The aim of every political Constitution, is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most… — James Madison
No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact, that man may… — Thomas Jefferson
The most effectual means of preventing the perversion of power into tyranny are to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at… — Thomas Jefferson
[W]hen the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, who was governor of Pennsylvania,… — George Mason
I hold it certain that to open the doors of truth and to fortify the habit of testing everything by reason are the most effectual… — Thomas Jefferson
Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error... They are the natural enemies of error, and of error only... If [free enquiry]… — Thomas Jefferson
Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. wThis is the first step towards becoming either estimable… — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of… — Christian Nestell Bovee
The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon . . . has ever been justly deemed… — James Madison
All the capital employed in paper speculation is barren and useless, producing, like that on a gaming table, no accession to itself, and is withdrawn… — Thomas Jefferson

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