Effort Quotes
4928 Effort quotes by 2949 unique authors
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We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in…
— Marc Morial
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The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper limitation of the purely partisan…
— Grover Cleveland
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Mistakes are the byproduct of action - and thus an accurate gauge of effort.
— Terry Rossio
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The best state for human nature is that in which, while no one is poor, no one desires to be richer, nor has any reason…
— John Stuart Mill
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Capitalism is the only society in human history in which neither tradition nor conscious direction supervises the total effort of the community; it is the…
— Robert Heilbroner
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Striving for happiness is a long, hard journey with many challenges. It requires eternal vigilance to win the victory. You cannot succeed with sporadic little…
— Jack H. Goaslind
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There is a totalitarian regime inside every one of us. We are ruled by a ruthless politburo which sets our norms and drives us from…
— Eric Hoffer
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Of what significance is one's existence, one is basically unaware. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life?…
— Albert Einstein
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These enemies of divine revelation extol human progress to the skies, and with rash and sacrilegious daring would have it introduced into the Catholic religion…
— Pope Pius IX
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Our efforts cannot and should not substitute for just public policies and effective programs to meet the needs of the hungry...Money, food, and time donated…
— John Ricard
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Those who surrender to the service of the poor through love of Christ, will live like the grains of wheat that dies. It only apparently…
— Oscar Romero
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Is he prepared to support, at his own expense, projects and undertakings designed to help the needy? Is he prepared to pay higher taxes so…
— Pope Paul VI
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Everything that happens in my day is a transaction between the external world and my internal world. Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything…
— Twyla Tharp
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I really worry about the state of the planet and I wish everyone would make a concerned effort not to trash it.
— Gwyneth Paltrow
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We are witnessing the beginning of one of the great tragedies of history. The United States, in a misguided effort to reduce its oil insecurity…
— Lester R. Brown
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One individual cannot possible make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world!
— Jane Goodall
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Our national conservation effort must include the complete spectrum of resources: air, water, and land; fuels, energy, and minerals; soils, forests, and forage; fish and…
— John F. Kennedy
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Listing the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act could harm bear conservation efforts by eliminating revenues from the carefully-regulated sport hunting of polar bears…
— Amy Ridenour
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Today the universal common good poses problems of world-wide dimensions, which cannot be adequately tackled or solved except by the efforts of public authorities endowed…
— Pope John XXIII
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When you study the lives of all great achievers-those who have had the greatest influence on others, those who have made things happen-you will find…
— Stephen Covey
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The effort of the economist is to "see," to picture the interplay of economic elements. The more clearly cut these elements appear in his vision,…
— Irving Fisher
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William James describes a man who got the experience from laughing-gas; whenever he was under its influence, he knew the secret of the universe, but…
— Bertrand Russell
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There is not going to be, we can be quite certain, there's not going to be any action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by China…
— Ross Garnaut
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People are not afraid of death, they are afraid of losing their separation, they are afraid of losing their ego. Once you start feeling separate…
— Rajneesh
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Don't depend on death to liberate you from your imperfections. You are exactly the same after death as you were before. Nothing changes; you only…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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