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Effort Quotes

"Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be."

"Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be."

Emma Goldman, Lithuanian Activist

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"Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing."

"Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Effort, Harvest, Statesman, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

88

"Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort."

"Allowing yourself to smile takes 99% of the effort."

Simon Travaglia, Australian Author

78

"The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual."

"The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual."

Vince Lombardi, American Coach

Effort, Results

73

"This illness made it impossible for me to give my best effort to our audience, but now that it's been identified, I'm looking forward to a complete, quick recovery and to get back out there with John as soon as possible."

"This illness made it impossible for me to give my best effort to our audience, but now that it's been identified, I'm looking forward to a complete, quick recovery and to get back out there with John as soon as possible."

Daryl Hall, American Musician

Effort, Illness, Now, Quick

65

"Doyle stokes in a thousand shrewd touches with no effort at all. Wonderful."

"Doyle stokes in a thousand shrewd touches with no effort at all. Wonderful."

Rex Stout, American Writer

62

"The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply."

"The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply."

Denis Waitley, American Writer

Effort, Results, Will

61

"Well, we are not doing that film actually. At least I am not at the moment, but we are making an effort to get it done; I don't know whether we'll get the financing for it. The old story we had it, it fell out of place and this and that."

"Well, we are not doing that film actually. At least I am not at the moment, but we are making an effort to get it done; I don't know whether we'll get the financing for it. The old story we had it, it fell out of place and this and that."

Harvey Keitel, American Actor

Effort, Film, Old

59

"To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also."

"To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also."

Igor Stravinsky, Russian Composer

59

"Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction."

"Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

Effort, Greed, Satisfaction

59

"Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance."

"Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance."

Horace, Roman Poet

Effort, Exercise

57

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

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

Paul Tagliabue, American Executive

57

"The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be."

"The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be."

Bruce Lee, American Actor

56

"He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times."

"He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times."

Cab Calloway, American Musician

55

"Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep."

"Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep."

Quentin Crisp, English Writer

Effort, Decency, Sleep, State, Succeed

54

"Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity."

"Socialism proposes no adequate substitute for the motive of enlightened selfishness that today is at the basis of all human labor and effort, enterprise and new activity."

William Howard Taft, American President

Effort, Labor, Motive, Selfishness

54

"Finite to fail but infinite to venture."

"Finite to fail but infinite to venture."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Effort, Failure, Bravery, Infinity, Limit

54

"Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible."

"Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible."

Alain Prost, French Celebrity

53

"Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think."

"Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think."

Emma Goldman, Lithuanian Activist

52

"Fame is a constant effort."

"Fame is a constant effort."

Jules Renard, French Dramatist

52

"I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat."

"I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat."

Michael Jordan, American Athlete

51

"Freedom requires no effort to enjoy but requires heroic efforts to preserve."

"Freedom requires no effort to enjoy but requires heroic efforts to preserve."

Richard G. Scott, American Clergyman

Effort, Freedom

51

"Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results."

"Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results."

Ernest Shackleton, Irish Explorer

Effort, Results, Worth

51

"Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for."

"Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for."

Marian Wright Edelman, American Activist

Effort, Struggle

51

"It is always the start that requires the greatest effort."

"It is always the start that requires the greatest effort."

James Cash Penney, American Businessman

50

"The greater the effort, the greater the glory."

"The greater the effort, the greater the glory."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

49

"Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way."

"Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

49

"I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers."

"I had to prepare physically every day, and I didn't leave many scraps for the writers."

Ryne Sandberg, American Athlete

Effort, Day, Writers

49

"Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt."

"Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt."

Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish Philosopher

48

"Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort."

"Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort."

Emma Thompson, English Actress

Effort, Mind, Pretty

48

"Well, sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least."

"Well, sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

Effort, Sacrifice, Desire, Struggle

48

"All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy."

"All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy."

Scott Alexander, American Author

Effort, Cheating, Dying, Evil, Losing

47

"Generally the younger generation are not hard working. They will have to put in more effort to achieve results in tournaments. most of them can perform well but they cannot deliver when they play abroad."

"Generally the younger generation are not hard working. They will have to put in more effort to achieve results in tournaments. most of them can perform well but they cannot deliver when they play abroad."

Jahangir Khan, Pakistani Athlete

Effort, Play, Results, Will

47

"If you take all the factories in the world today, they could make all the parts necessary to build more factories like themselves. So, in a sense, we have a self-replicating industrial system today, but it would take a tremendous effort to copy what we already have."

"If you take all the factories in the world today, they could make all the parts necessary to build more factories like themselves. So, in a sense, we have a self-replicating industrial system today, but it would take a tremendous effort to copy what we already have."

K. Eric Drexler, American Scientist

Effort, Self, Sense, Today

47

"Put your heart into even the smallest seemingly insignificant acts possible. Then be patient enough for the universe to give back to you what you reap."

"Put your heart into even the smallest seemingly insignificant acts possible. Then be patient enough for the universe to give back to you what you reap."

Matthew Donnelly, American Author

Effort, Patience, Kindness, Action

47

"I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle it's not going to be satisfying."

"I have always struggled to achieve excellence. One thing that cycling has taught me is that if you can achieve something without a struggle it's not going to be satisfying."

Greg LeMond, American Athlete

Effort, Excellence, Struggle

47

"One thing, however, is sure, - that in all cases the effort should be to impose all the cost of repairing the wrong upon the doer of the wrong. This alone is real justice, and of course such justice is necessarily free."

"One thing, however, is sure, - that in all cases the effort should be to impose all the cost of repairing the wrong upon the doer of the wrong. This alone is real justice, and of course such justice is necessarily free."

Benjamin Tucker, American Activist

Effort, Justice, Wrong

46

"I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort."

"I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort."

Len Wein, American Cartoonist

Effort, Judgment

46

"I would do anything to keep looking the job. I think you make an extra effort if you're on show."

"I would do anything to keep looking the job. I think you make an extra effort if you're on show."

Joanna Lumley, English Actress

46

"This is a group effort. This is group theatre. This is no big star turn. You could do things with it to do that but it would just be out of kilter. This is one reason I like this play. This is a unit."

"This is a group effort. This is group theatre. This is no big star turn. You could do things with it to do that but it would just be out of kilter. This is one reason I like this play. This is a unit."

Gavin MacLeod, American Actor

Effort, Play, Reason, Theatre

46

"For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store."

"For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store."

Isaac Bashevis Singer, American Novelist

Effort, Miracles

46

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."

"The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win."

Roger Bannister, British Athlete

Effort, Man, Will

46

"Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best."

"Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best."

Jim Palmer, American Athlete

Effort, Disgrace, Losing

45

"I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them."

"I think any advocate who is effective has fully acquainted himself or herself with the legislator they are going to meet. Know what committees they are on, what issues they are interested in, all in an effort to build a bridge for communicating with them."

Mark Shields, American Journalist

45

"A massive state and federal effort, the likes of which we've never seen is going to be needed. We can do it for tsunami victims half a world away. We can do it for our own citizens."

"A massive state and federal effort, the likes of which we've never seen is going to be needed. We can do it for tsunami victims half a world away. We can do it for our own citizens."

Al Roker, American Entertainer

Effort, State, Victims, World

45

"The effort required by your endeavor now is not as hard as dealing with your regret later."

"The effort required by your endeavor now is not as hard as dealing with your regret later."

Mike Hawkins, American Author

Effort, Now, Regret

45

"Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty. I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well."

"Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty. I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well."

Theodore Roosevelt, American President

Effort, Life, Struggle, Achievement

44

"There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment."

"There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

Effort, Investment, Will

43

"The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort."

"The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort."

Chanakya, Indian Politician

42

"Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having."

"Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having."

Ivor Novello, Welsh Musician

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