Effort Quotes - page 14

Instead of sitting on the sidelines, President Obama has made it clear that the US is ready to lead a global effort to combat climate change. (Valerie Jarrett)
So, for me, working with larger companies has often been very satisfying, precisely because of the ability of bringing critical mass to bear on a given effort. View quote
Vint Cerf
An activist is someone who makes an effort to see problems that are not being addressed and then makes an effort to make their voice heard. Sometimes there are so many things that it's almost impossible to make your voice heard in every area, but you can sure try. View quote
Joanne Woodward
Labor organizations are formed, not to employ combined effort for a common object, but to indulge in declamation and denunciation, and especially to furnish an easy living to some officers who do not want to work. View quote
William Graham Sumner
The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort. They wanted them for postwar use. View quote
W. Averell Harriman
Success requires first expending 10 units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce 10 units of results with each unit of effort. View quote
Charles J. Givens
You must not for one moment give up the effort to build up new lives for yourself. View quote
Daisaku Ikeda
I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. View quote
James M. Cain
Taxes on capital, taxes on labor, inflation, bureaucratic regulation, minimum wage laws, are all - to different degrees - unnecessary slices of the wedge that stand between an individual's effort and reward for that effort. View quote
Jack Kemp
To recognize that the greatest error is not to have tried and failed, but that in trying, we did not give it our best effort. View quote
Gene Kranz
Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort. (Joe Dante)
I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person. View quote
Lisa Kudrow
The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort towards wholeness. View quote
Madeleine L'Engle
You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play. View quote
Mike Lee (U.S. politician)
But since September 11, we have made every effort to try to work closely with state and local law enforcement. View quote
Robert Mueller
A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself. View quote
Watchman Nee
Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent judicial branch that would not be subject to retaliation by either the executive branch or the legislative branch because of some decision made by those judges. View quote
Sandra Day O'Connor
I think when I'm in love, I really am very good with calling, little faxes, and visiting and I really put a lot of effort into it. I'm really not the one that's not available because of work and I'm very sad when I actually leave. View quote
Franka Potente
The most beautiful act of faith is the one made in darkness, in sacrifice, and with extreme effort. View quote
Padre Pio
Booze takes a lot of time and effort if you're going to do a good job with it. View quote
Raymond Carver
Your effort to remain what you are is what limits you. (Masamune Shirow)
Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort. View quote
Tariq Ramadan
Making better choices takes work. There is a daily give and take, but it is worth the effort. View quote
Tom Rath
I'm always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible. View quote
Richard Thompson
Profanity is the effort of a feeble brain to express itself forcibly. View quote
Spencer W. Kimball