Effort Quotes - page 15

Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the many moral and philanthropic forces of the country to put a stop to this wholesale slaughter. (Ida B. Wells-Barnett)
Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it. View quote
Flannery O’Connor
Most enjoyable activities are not natural; they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. But once the interaction starts to provide feedback to the person's skills, it usually begins to be intrinsically rewarding. View quote
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
It's important to make a statement, but don't kill yourself over it. You have to make an effort, but not go overboard. View quote
Alexandra Roach
If I want to continue to build the kind of effort we have with Do Something, being in a public office would help. I wouldn't rule it out, but it's not something I feel determined to do. View quote
Andrew Shue
I want to put some effort into a bunch of different types of videos. I don't think I'm gonna do 'Man On The Street' messing with people, I don't think I'm gonna do over-the-top wacky comedy. View quote
Andy Milonakis
But marriage goes in waves. You've got to be patient. People bail and give up on their marriages way too early. They just don't put the work and the effort into it. You've got to suck up your ego a lot of times, because that can be a big downfall. View quote
Anna Benson
A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives. View quote
Anne Sullivan Macy
In America, for a brief time, people who followed Coltrane were studied and considered important, but it didn't last long. The result is that the kind of music I played in the '60's is completely dismissed in this country as a wrong turn, a suicidal effort. View quote
Archie Shepp
The liberation of Iraq was part of a broader effort to seriously confront the greatest threat to world security: rogue states capable of obtaining long range weapons of mass destruction. View quote
Armstrong Williams
There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort. (Ajay Devgan)
Our photographs are filthier and our stories are more disgusting. We make no effort to be artistic. View quote
Al Goldstein
Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it's not easy. You have to take direct steps. You really have to count your blessings and you have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the blues. View quote
Al Jarreau
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. View quote
Alain Prost
It's been such a group effort. When you're a new band and you have limited resources, you end up getting people that are there because they love what you do, and that's great. View quote
Balthazar Getty
Understand from top to bottom what the effort requires. View quote
Bill Toomey
We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given to us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it. View quote
Bill W.
It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone. View quote
Bryant H. McGill
It was my effort, in depicting the West, to depict it as it was. View quote
Buffalo Bill
The Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife, actually, was an effort to put something on the mall in Washington so American tourists could walk through America, and in their minds everything on the mall would be American. View quote
Bernice Johnson Reagon
The Cox Report documents a systematic, well-planned effort by the Chinese military at the highest levels to target and acquire technology for military modernization. (Charles Bass)
As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea. View quote
Charlotte Bunch
These small shows were decidedly a success. The exhibitions were not too large to be seen easily. It was not an effort, as larger collections of pictures usually are. View quote
Childe Hassam
I've been in the league 12 years. To sit on the bench and complain about the way things were, that doesn't get anything done. I don't know. I'm playing for a championship and trying to make the playoffs. My effort has never changed. View quote
Chris Webber
Every American deserves to live in freedom, to have his or her privacy respected and a chance to go as far as their ability and effort will take them - regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or economic circumstances. View quote
Christopher Dodd