Effort Quotes

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Words like 'freedom', 'justice' and 'democracy' are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It… — James A. Baldwin
Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil-rights activists, and defenders of the environment are legions in a single multiform… — Jonathan Schell
Despite the success cult, men are most deeply moved not by the reaching of the goal but by the grandness of the effort involved in… — Max Lerner
A half-hearted spirit has no power. Tentative efforts lead to tentative outcomes. Average people enter into their endeavors headlong and without care. — Epictetus
Effort is between you, and you, and nobody else. So that team that thinks it's ready to see you, they think what they've seen on… — Ray Lewis
The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment. . . . We are told that by its aid the stars are weighed and… — Alfred North Whitehead
For the sole true end of education is simply this: to teach men how to learn for themselves; and whatever instruction fails to do this… — Dorothy L. Sayers
I imagined a psychic pain growing inside him (myself) that demanded some physical outlet. Suicide must have been his attempt to give Pain a body,… — Phillip Lopate
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is… — Carl von Clausewitz
With respect to the creation of the program, I introduced the bill in September 1945, immediately after the end of the war with Japan, in… — J. William Fulbright
we cannot afford to settle for being just average; we must learn as much as we can to be the best that we can. The… — Bill Cosby
My wife is so analytical with raising kids, and I am not. My feeling is if they turn out good, then that means I was… — Jeff Foxworthy
Many shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards. — Bobby Jones
Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them. — Joshua L. Liebman
Common education standards are essential for producing the educated work force America needs to remain globally competitive. This voluntary state lead effort will help ensure… — Craig R. Barrett
We believe that this initiative is a critical first step in our nation s effort to provide every student with a comprehensive, content rich and… — Lily Eskelsen Garcia
Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral… — Paulo Freire
This is the road I have tried to follow as a teacher: living my convictions; being open to the process of knowing and being sensitive… — Paulo Freire
All that we need explicitly to note is that, the more the passive attention is relied on, by keeping the material interesting; and the less… — William James
The art of remembering is the art of thinking. When we wish to fix a new thing in either our own mind or a pupil's,… — William James

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