Effort Quote by Samuel Johnson

The generality of mankind is lazy. What distinguishes men of genuine achievement from the rest of us is not so much their intellectual powers…

— Sydney J. Harris

Surely a man has come to himself only when he has found the best that is in him, and has satisfied his heart with…

— Woodrow Wilson

Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too…

— Samuel Johnson

We claim that any man who is honest, fair, tolerant, kind, charitable, and well-behaved is a success. No matter what his station in life.

— GODWIN

To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.

— Henry Ward Beecher

“Average man is arrogant, because he is ever impressed by reason and always bows his head to it. Reason makes us believe that our…

— Théun Mares

No man is so idle that he cannot rouse himself just enough to get in the way of a busy person.

— Robert Breault

A man's usefulness depends on his living up to his ideals insofar as he can. It is hard to fail but it is worse…

— Theodore Roosevelt

No man is without some quality, by the due application of which he might deserve well of the world; and whoever he be that…

— Samuel Johnson

It is not sufficiently considered in the hour of exultation, that all human excellence is comparative; that no man performs much but in proportion…

— Samuel Butler

In general, the man who is readily disposed to sacrifice himself is one who does not know how else to give meaning to his…

— Cesare Pavese