Effort Quotes

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In the Catholic Church, especially, they go into chancery, m

In the Catholic Church, especially, they go into chancery, make a clean confession, give up all, and think to start again. Thus men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up.

Henry David Thoreau

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Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alo

Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone.

Laurence J. Peter

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It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down res

It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down resistance, sweeps away all obstacles.

Claude M. Bristol

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You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thi

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with the best you have to give.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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Inscribe all human effort with one word, artistry's haunting

Inscribe all human effort with one word, artistry's haunting curse, the Incomplete!

Robert Browning

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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Johann von Goethe

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Remember that the faith that moves mountains always carries

Remember that the faith that moves mountains always carries a pick.

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If you torture data long enough, it will tell you anything y

If you torture data long enough, it will tell you anything you want !

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It's the last inch that counts.

It's the last inch that counts.

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Have you ever watched a stonecutter at work? He will hammer

Have you ever watched a stonecutter at work? He will hammer away at a rock for perhaps a 100 times without a crack showing in it. Then, on the 101st blow, it will split in two. It is not that blow alone which accomplished the result, but the 100 others that went before as well.

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About the only thing that comes without effort is old age..

About the only thing that comes without effort is old age..

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The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but

The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it.

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You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game.

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what is left.

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How much we like ourselves governs our performance.

How much we like ourselves governs our performance.

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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not suc

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

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Thee will find out in time that I have a great love of profe

Thee will find out in time that I have a great love of professing vile sentiments, I don't know why, unless it springs from long efforts to avoid priggery.

Bertrand Russell

Time Love Effort Thetimes

The smallest effort is not lost. Each wavelet on the ocean t

The smallest effort is not lost. Each wavelet on the ocean tost aids in the ebb-tide or the flow; each rain-drop makes some floweret blow; each struggle lessens human woe.

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I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

George Bernard Shaw

Death Work Satisfaction Ambition Effort

When you suffer, think not on how you can escape suffering,

When you suffer, think not on how you can escape suffering, but concentrate your efforts on what kind of inner moral and spiritual perfection this suffering requires.

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A winner never stops trying.

A winner never stops trying.

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