"But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps."

Effort, Self, Limit, Action

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"But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps."

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"Plans are easy to make, dreams are easy to dream. But putting your back into it? A little bit of hard graft and discipline? That is just too scary and far too much effort for the masses."

Chris Murray, Irish Author

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"We're going to make every effort to keep the Saints as Louisiana's team."

Paul Tagliabue, American Executive

Effort, Saints

"Every one of us is different in some way, but for those of us who are more different, we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing they can, just differently."

Marlee Matlin, American Actress

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"You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it, could have let yourself go and dug harder."

Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

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"To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle."

William Osler, Canadian Scientist

Effort, Ideals, Struggle, Worth

"Value the effort you put forward. Be determined, committed, and involved."

Lorii Myers, Canadian Author

Effort, Truth, Observation, Wisdom

"Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim."

George Santayana, American Philosopher

Effort, Fanaticism

"In an effort to provide my constituents with information on how they can make contributions to a number of relief and humanitarian organizations, I have posted a short list of these groups and contact numbers on my Internet website."

Jo Bonner, American Politician

Effort, Information, Internet, Numbers

"The China game was the best because it took the effort of everyone on the team to survive 120 minutes."

Lorrie Fair, American Athlete

Effort,

"The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Effort, Labor, Years

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"From a personal experience and the examination of literature, I feel that we cannot take for granted that a dialogue, without information and perhaps without understanding, is possible between any individuals or groups on all levels. So the prerequisite is information."

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"Plans are easy to make, dreams are easy to dream. But putting your back into it? A little bit of hard graft and discipline? That is just too scary and far too much effort for the masses."

"We're going to make every effort to keep the Saints as Louisiana's team."

"Every one of us is different in some way, but for those of us who are more different, we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing they can, just differently."

"You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it, could have let yourself go and dug harder."

"To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle."

"Value the effort you put forward. Be determined, committed, and involved."

"Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim."

"In an effort to provide my constituents with information on how they can make contributions to a number of relief and humanitarian organizations, I have posted a short list of these groups and contact numbers on my Internet website."

"The China game was the best because it took the effort of everyone on the team to survive 120 minutes."

"The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years."

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"The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete."

"To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides."

"Do not try to be humble: learn humility."

"Sufism is that which succeeds in bringing to man the High Knowledge."

"Knowledge gives nothing to a man until he gives everything to it."

"From a personal experience and the examination of literature, I feel that we cannot take for granted that a dialogue, without information and perhaps without understanding, is possible between any individuals or groups on all levels. So the prerequisite is information."

"The Sufi must be able to alternate his thought between the relative and the Absolute, the approximate and the Real."

"Be kind to the hawk and harm the sparrow."