« All Effort Quotes · Samuel Johnson's Page
Effort Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- He who endeavors to please must appear pleased.
- He that compares what he has done with what he has left undone, will feel the effect which must always follow the comparison of imagination…
- Composition is for the most part an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and…
- That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness can require, will…
- Where there is no difficulty there is no praise.
- No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in…
- All industry must be excited by hope.
- He that floats lazily down the stream, in pursuit of something borne along by the same current, will find himself indeed moved forward; but unless…
- To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer: but he whose…
- He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in…
- What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
- What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
- Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor
More Effort Quotes
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Dream Gives Rise To Hope, Hope Inspires Effort, Efforts Result In Success.. So, Dreams R Root Of Success. Let All Your Dream… — Ritu Ghatourey
- The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been… — Albert Einstein
- A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive… — Liberty Hyde Bailey
- It's not just Bin Laden or just those that are involved in the counterterrorism effort. We've gotta cast the net broader than… — Dick Cheney
- We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure the material… — Julian Assange
- Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. — Chinua Achebe
- To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present… — James A. Baldwin