Effort Quotes - page 12

Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express. Let them make the effort to express these ideas in appropriate words without the aid of symbols, and if they succeed they will not only lay us laymen under a lasting obligation, but, we venture to say, they will find themselves very much enlightened during the process, and will even be doubtful whether the ideas as expressed in symbols had ever quite found their way out of the equations into their minds. (James Clerk Maxwell)
I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular government; and to redress wrongs already long enough endured. View quote
Abraham Lincoln
Study after study shows that the very best designers produce structures that are faster, smaller, simpler, clearer, and produced with less effort. The differences between the great and the average approach an order of magnitude. View quote
Fred Brooks
... whenever I have met with our elected officials they are invariably thoughtful, well-meaning people. And yet collectively 90% of their effort seems to be focused on how to stick it to the other party. View quote
Sergey Brin
Computer scientists have so far worked on developing powerful programming languages that make it possible to solve the technical problems of computation. Little effort has gone toward devising the languages of interaction. View quote
Donald Norman
In a change effort, culture comes last, not first. View quote
John Kotter
President Roosevelt and President Truman and President Eisenhower had the same experience, they all made the effort to get along with the Russians. But every time, finally it failed. And the reason it failed was because the Communists are determined to destroy us, and regardless of what hand of friendship we may hold out or what arguments we may put up, the only thing that will make that decisive difference is the strength of the United States. View quote
John F. Kennedy
To say, 'well done' to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge. View quote
Phillips Brooks
In most communities it is illegal to cry 'fire' in a crowded assembly. Should it not be considered serious international misconduct to manufacture a general war scare in an effort to achieve local political aims? View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
With a little effort, we can help fat people help themselves. But first we have to make sure that "fat acceptance", perhaps the most alarming and irresponsible idea to come out of leftist victimhood and grievancean politics, is given the heart attack it deserves. View quote
Milo Yiannopoulos
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)
Many of us have spent a lifetime trying to be what we're not, feeling lousy about ourselves when we fail and sometimes even when we succeed. We hide our differences when, by accepting and celebrating them, we could collaborate to make every effort more exciting, productive, enjoyable, and powerful. Personally, I think we should start right now. View quote
Martha Beck
If we do not look into and analyze the question of what constitutes true fear of God and what its ramifications are, how will we acquire it and how will we escape wordly vanity which renders our hearts forgetful of it? Will it not be forgotten and go lost even though we recognize its necessity? Love of God, too-if we do not make an effort to implant it in our hearts, utilizing all of the means which direct us towards it, how will it exist within us? View quote
Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
Walls don't fall without effort. View quote
Neal Shusterman
The Mathemagician nodded knowingly and stroked his chin several times. "You'll find,” he remarked gently, "that the only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort. View quote
Norton Juster
The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort. View quote
Norton Juster
He grows daily more capable of following any inspiration without technical effort, and also of letting inspiration come to him through meticulous observation. View quote
Eugen Herrigel
Without balance, a life is no longer worth the effort. View quote
Olen Steinhauer
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances. View quote
Orison Swett Marden
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. View quote
Orison Swett Marden
Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way. (Orison Swett Marden)
I didn't understand in the beginning that the editor didn't want me to know the author. I'd make an effort to meet the author, but it would end up being a disaster because then I had the author telling me what I should be doing. View quote
Peter Sis
Do a little bit more than average and from that point on our progress multiplies itself out of all proportion to the effort put in. View quote
Paul J. Meyer
People were buying milk, or filling their cars with petrol, or even posting letters. And what no one else knew was the appalling weight of the thing they were carrying inside. The superhuman effort it took sometimes to be normal, and a part of things that appeared both easy and everyday. The loneliness of that. View quote
Rachel Joyce
If the only way you could read an email was to run a mile first, the urge would quickly die. Human beings constantly do subconscious effort/reward calculations. Tapping a screen is the easiest of physical tasks. View quote
Andrew Weil