Effort Quotes

4928 Effort quotes by 2949 unique authors

No one should think he can quickly dispose of questions posed here offhandedly. It was precisely because writers were in the habit during the time… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
Sublime in the highest style of intellectual beauty, intellect without effort, without suffering... not a feature is correct – but the whole effect is more… — Florence Nightingale
No art or learning is to be pursued halfheartedly...and any art worth learning will certainly reward more or less generously the effort made to study… — Murasaki Shikibu
I try to ONLY ridicule people who's efforts are sincere. Very little trouble has been caused in the world by insincere efforts. An occasional seduction… — P.J. O'Rourke
Straightforwardness and simplicity are in keeping with goodness. The things that are essential are acquired with little bother; it is the luxuries that call for… — Seneca the Younger
Besides it is an error to believe that rigour is the enemy of simplicity. On the contrary we find it confirmed by numerous examples that… — David Hilbert
I am wondering what would have happened to me if some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour day and convinced… — Thomas A. Edison
If you would be a better teacher, teach by the spirit. That is the thing that gives strength and power, meaning and life, to our… — A. Theodore Tuttle
We need to promote greater tolerance and understanding among the peoples of the world. Nothing can be more dangerous to our efforts to build peace… — Kofi Annan
I think Detroit is starting to get it. We consider it a victory for the grassroots, CalCars, and the Internet-led effort. — Felix Kramer
Ideology trumps rationality. Most conservatives cannot abide the solution to global warming - strong government regulations and a government-led effort to accelerate clean-energy technologies in… — Joseph J. Romm
We have a unique opportunity to unite America, urban and rural, coastal and midwestern, red and blue, under the banner of a truly unifying national… — William J. Clinton
Complexity means distracted effort. Simplicity means focused effort. — Edward de Bono
The price we pay for the complexity of life is too high. When you think of all the effort you have to put in -telephonic,… — Jean Baudrillard
The whole course of things goes to teach us faith. We need only obey. There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am speaking to those among you who have retained some sovereign shred of their soul, unsold and unstamped: '- to the order of others'.… — Ayn Rand
But even race-neutral policies and recruitment efforts designed to achieve greater diversity are, in the end, not race neutral. — Adam Schiff
All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order… — Otto Dix
What man or woman of common sense now doubts the intellectual capacity of colored people? Who does not know, that with all our efforts as… — Angelina Grimke
I have found that the more I reflect philosophically on the attributes of God the more overwhelmed I become at his greatness and the more… — William Lane Craig
I am glad that the life of pandas is so dull by human standards, for our efforts at conservation have little moral value if we… — Stephen Jay Gould
We build but to tear down. Most of our work and resource is squandered. Our onward march is marked by devastation. Everywhere there is an… — Nikola Tesla
We are whirling through endless space, with and inconceivable speed, all around everything is spinning, everything is moving, everywhere there is energy. There must be… — Nikola Tesla
I am unwilling to accord to some small−minded and jealous individuals the satisfaction of having thwarted my efforts. These men are to me nothing more… — Nikola Tesla
On the Sabbath day, we are remembering that my relationship with God did not begin with what I've done, it is not sustained by what… — Mark Driscoll

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