Effort Quotes

4928 Effort quotes by 2949 unique authors

Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil. — Democritus
A man's religion consists, not of the many things he is in doubt of and tries to believe, but of the few he is assured… — Thomas Carlyle
The abominable effort to take one’s sins with one to paradise. — Andre Gide
Our lives don't really belong to us, you see -- they belong to the world, and in spite of our efforts to make sense of… — Paul Auster
With a tiny bit of effort, the nettle would be useful; if you neglect it, it becomes a pest. So then we kill it. How… — Victor Hugo
All television ever did was shrink the demand for ordinary movies. The demand for extraordinary movies increased. If any one thing is wrong with the… — Clive James
It is my ambition to be, as a private individual, abolished and voided from history, leaving it markless, no refuse save the printed books. []… — William Faulkner
Speaking from my experience as a person involved for a long time in building the European Union, it is important to have patience and efforts… — Giorgio Napolitano
We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we… — Nelson Mandela
Now that our troops are mired in a dangerous effort to defeat the insurgency and are also trying to help rebuild the country, Americans of… — Harry Reid
I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person. I have clearly stated… — Rand Paul
I think it's a disgrace for the international community that we have allowed so many conflicts to become frozen, and we are not making a… — Martti Ahtisaari
We're looking forward to the tournament. We still believe that if we play with effort, we can beat anyone. We just can't have those 2-3-minute… — Rajon Rondo
Returning to power in northern India is very important for the Congress party. No magic wand will work. We have to make our efforts. It… — Sonia Gandhi
It is far better for anyone to kill a single American soldier than to squander his efforts on other activities. — Osama bin Laden
Book dedication To myself, without whose inspired and tireless efforts this book would not have been possible. — Unknown Author
Perhaps the efforts of the true poets, founders, religions, literatures, all ages, have been, and ever will be, our time and times to come, essentially… — Walt Whitman
For Quality: Stamp out fires, automate, computerize, M.B.O., install merit pay, rank people, best efforts, zero defects. WRONG!!!! Missing ingredient: profound knowledge. — W. Edwards Deming
Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself. — Alexis Carrel
It is not by accident that the happiest people are those who make a conscious effort to live useful lives. Their happiness, of course, is… — Ernest A. Fitzgerald
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in all we say,… — Jeremy Bentham
There's been a concerted effort to steal Christmas. — Jerry Falwell
Innovative efforts should never report to line managers charged with responsibility for ongoing operations. The new project is an infant and will remain one for… — Peter Drucker
Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts. — Theodore Wilhelm Engstrom
Teams make you better than you are, multiply your value, enable you to do what you do best, allow you to help others do their… — John C. Maxwell

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