"It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work."

Effort, Work, People

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"It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work."

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"The cost of anything is the focused energy you are prepared to bring to bear to pursue it."

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"Effort will always triumph over unapplied potential."

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Alexandre Dumas, French Dramatist

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"It's not going to be easy, but it's kind of like ripping off a band-aid. Painful for a minute, but it has to be done."

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"If someone tells you that you can achieve your dreams with little to no work, they are lying to you."

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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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"Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them."

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