Effort Quotes

4928 Effort quotes by 2949 unique authors

It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort. — A.J. Ayer
Go for the moon. If you don't get it, you'll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money;… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
You are not paid to work hard. In fact, you are not paid for effort at all. You are paid for results. It's not what… — Larry Winget
I don't expect the press to say thank you for the efforts that I make. — Ari Fleischer
The effort to reconcile science and religion is almost always made, not by theologians, but by scientists unable to shake off altogether the piety absorbed… — H. L. Mencken
I think science has enjoyed an extraordinary success because it has such a limited and narrow realm in which to focus its efforts. Namely, the… — Unknown Author
The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery… — Winston Churchill
The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble. — Elias Canetti
Remain focused on fulfilling your business mission. Never allow adversity divert your attention and efforts. — Richard Branson
Victims of domestic violence need assistance and deserve justice, I commend the crime unit's efforts to put offenders behind bars and reach out to victims. — Bob Riley
We look a little bit disorderly, indecisive, leaderless. That's a real problem, and that's a problem that concerns me particularly on foreign affairs. The presidency,… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
In the large buy out space, which is where we (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts) focus our efforts, there are relatively few firms with the capital, experience,… — Henry Kravis
Just as women supplement men in private life, so they will supplement men in public life by concentrating their organized efforts on those objects which… — Edward Bernays
One thing, however, is sure, - that in all cases the effort should be to impose all the cost of repairing the wrong upon the… — Benjamin Tucker
If you want to conquer lust for wealth, love selflessness and sparing way of life. If you want to conquer anger, develop meekness and generosity.… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov
People make a lot of effort not to remember, not to accept their immense magical potential. — Paulo Coelho
It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory, but when you succeed, you start to realize that you’re capable of far more than… — Paulo Coelho
One of the hardest things to believe is that anyone will abandon the effort to escape a charge of murder. It is extremely important to… — Rex Stout
We’ve been devastated by the severest and deadliest drought in history – that of our profound awareness of the futility of all effort and the… — Fernando Pessoa
It is not expensive to be beautiful. It takes only a little effort to be presentable and beautiful. But it takes some effort. And unfortunately… — Imelda Marcos
As Carol Dweck says, “Effort is one of the things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important… — Daniel H. Pink
The hope with Tipping Point was it would help the reader understand that real change was possible. With Blink, I wanted to get people to… — Malcolm Gladwell
Look at what the Omar of Qatar is doing, for example - the King of Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain. There are reform movements taking place, efforts… — Frank Carlucci
I’ve always had this idea that if you’re going to try something, if you’re going to expend that first big block of effort and energy… — Johan Bruyneel
Not to discriminate every moment some passionate attitude in those about us, and in the very brilliancy of their gifts some tragic dividing of forces… — Walter Pater

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