Effort Quotes

4928 Effort quotes by 2949 unique authors

...assume that art begins in unhappiness. True, the goal of art is to convey a vision of coherence and peace, but the effort to develop… — Robert Adams
I have always believed that 98% of a student's progress is due to his own efforts, and 2% to his teacher. — John Philip Sousa
Chess, like any creative activity, can exist only through the combined efforts of those who have creative talent, and those who have the ability to… — Mikhail Botvinnik
Humanity cannot afford to acknowledge all of the blood that it spills and the destruction it inflicts on the world in its effort to perpetuate… — Jeremy Rifkin
Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our… — Claude Debussy
Non-violence is not a quality to be evolved or expressed to order. It is an inward growth depending for sustenance upon intense individual effort. — Mahatma Gandhi
For the academic the rhetorical sense of superiority through the possession of knowledge is essential for facing the daily grind, turning again to the otherwise… — Robin Winks
Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice. It will be an exhilarating experience because it is an intense… — Unknown Author
The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man's frail… — Max Lerner
They sensed that what had happened around them and in their presence, and in them, was irrevocable. Never again could it be cleansed; it would… — Primo Levi
. . . we will never be prompted by the Holy Ghost to do something we cannot do. It may require extraordinary effort and much… — Richard G. Scott
I am more optimistic though, that this court will eventually conclude that the effort to eliminate arbitrariness while preserving fairness in the infliction of [death]… — Harry A. Blackmun
If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democracy is never a final achievement. It is a call to an untiring effort. — John F. Kennedy
The notion that the press was used in the [first Iraq] war is incorrect. The press wanted to be used. It saw itself as part… — Chris Hedges
Democracy is our most valuable possession. Upholding it is our duty and our responsibility. This means a continuous, decisive and self-confident argument; it means effort… — Unknown Author
They serve best who give most of themselves. Self is forgotten by the one who serves, for such a one rejoices to see success coming… — James Cash Penney
There is no such thing as society, there is a living tapestry of men and women and the beauty of that tapestry, and the quality… — Margaret Thatcher
Opportunism is self interest seeking with guile often involving subtle forms of deceit, especially calculated efforts to mislead, distort, disguise, obfuscate, or otherwise confuse. This… — Unknown Author
Activist judges and local officials in some parts of the country are not letting up in their efforts to redefine marriage for the rest of… — George W. Bush
The accepted ideas of any period are singularly those that serve the dominant economic interest...What economists believe and teach, whether in the United States or… — John Kenneth Galbraith
In large organizations the dilution of information as it passes up and down the hierarchy, and horizontally across departments, can undermine the effort to focus… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Home economics should find its way into the curriculum of every school because the scientific study of a problem pertaining to food, shelter or clothing...… — Unknown Author
Many people are afraid to fail, so they don't try. They may dream, talk, and even plan, but they don't take that critical step of… — Donald Trump
What really distinguishes this generation in all countries from earlier generations ... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the assurance of being… — Hannah Arendt

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