Effort Quotes

4928 Effort quotes by 2949 unique authors

Forget the past. The vanished lives of all men are dark with many shames. Human conduct is ever unreliable until man is anchored in the… — Paramahansa Yogananda
I think we will begin to see some real efforts made to do things like protecting Social Security and Medicare. — John Dingell
I'm not in favor of no government. You do need a government. But by doing so many things that the government has no business doing,… — Milton Friedman
Ask yourself why totalitarian dictatorships find it necessary to pour money and effort into propaganda for their own helpless, chained, gagged slaves, who have no… — Ayn Rand
The right to life is the source of all rights -- and the right to property is their only implementation. Without property rights, no other… — Ayn Rand
A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort, or enslaves him, or attempts to limit the freedom of his mind, or… — Ayn Rand
To love money is to know and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you, and your passkey to… — Ayn Rand
Iraq is the central battleground in the war on terror. The terrorists certainly know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out… — Elizabeth Dole
To say that we are able by our own efforts to think good thoughts or give God spiritual obedience before we are spiritually regenerate is… — John Owen
God's ways do not change... Still he shows his freedom and lordship by discriminating between sinners, causing some to hear the gospel while others do… — J I Packer
Genuine feelings are never the product of conscious effort. They are quite simply there, and they are there for a very good reason, even if… — Alice Miller
The violence of language consists in its effort to capture the ineffable and, hence, to destroy it, to seize hold of that which must remain… — Judith Butler
If you take pride in your attainment or become discouraged because of your idealistic effort, your practice will confine you by a thick wall. — Shunryu Suzuki
Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make our… — Shunryu Suzuki
Two qualities are at the root of all meditation development: right effort and right aim—arousing effort to aim the mind toward the object. — Jack Kornfield
Only if you reach the boundary will the boundary recede before you. And if you don't, if you confine your efforts, the boundary will shrink… — Hugh Nibley
What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving. — Jeane Kirkpatrick
If I were granted omnipotence, and millions of years to experiment in, I should not think Man much to boast of as the final result… — Bertrand Russell
The things I thought were so important -- because of the effort I put into them -- have turned out to be of small value.… — Thomas Merton
In order to make further progress, particularly in the field of cosmic rays, it will be necessary to apply all our resources and apparatus simultaneously… — Victor Francis Hess
Making the extra effort to say thanks in a genuine, personal manner goes a long way. It is pleasurable to do, and it encourages more… — Richard Branson
Without conscious and deliberate effort, inertia always wins — Tony Hsieh
I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together. — John Lydon
It was probably not an appropriate term, but we support the war effort and believe we should be supporting our troops and our allies and… — Stephen Harper
Every great success is an accumulation of thousands of ordinary efforts that no one else sees or appreciates. — Brian Tracy

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