Every effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice of energy. I never paid such a price.

The greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort.

Life is enriched by aspiration and effort, rather than by acquisition and accumulation.

None of the things I have done would have been accomplished without a true team effort.

The joy of God is so exquisite that any sacrifice is worth the effort and seeming pain.

No one can be great, or good, or happy except through the inward efforts of themselves.

Ads represent the main channel of intellectual and artistic effort in the modern world.

The War on Terror is one of the most critical national security efforts in our history.

The more recent effort to encourage everyone to pray in common involves so many people.

A consistent and heart-filled effort to completion is the foundation of excellent work.

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.

Surely there is no road of effort so steep but a loving deed may soften its hardshness.

Acquire peace of mind by making the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

Effort is the one strictly undervalued and original contribution we make to this world.

I made a game effort to argue but two things were against me: the umpires and the rules.

It never does much good to find out why you can't; put your effort into what you can do.

One day in God's grace is equivalent to a thousand days of striving by your own efforts.

Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.

Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort.

If the effort also is predestined, it is not the less our effort, made of our free will.

I have played many cop roles in my career, and my effort is to make each role different.

I love having messy hair. I put in a lot of effort to have it look as messy as possible.

There's enough hate in the world. I command you to love. And you have to make an effort.

Persistence is nothing more than Concentrated Effort mixed with Determination and Faith.

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

I have in my own fashion learned the lesson that life is effort, unremittingly repeated.

A lot of times, we forget it is our partners who we need to make the biggest effort for.

he had been making an unsuccessful effort to write something about nothing in particular

Through effort you will cross any raging flood, through energy you will pass any sorrow.

This is an historic step forward in the world's efforts to combat a truly global threat.

We must always aim for the impossible; if we lower our goal, we also diminish our effort.

If you're not ready to make the greatest effort, don't even think about the greatest goal

My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.

The reward of a work is to have produced it; the reward of effort is to have grown by it.

Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.

Actually I never make a mistake, because it takes a huge effort for me to make a mistake.

I have never been afraid of making patriots; but I disdain and despise all their efforts.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.

Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.

The noblest service comes from nameless hands; and the best servant does his work unseen.

I have accomplished little enough, but such as it is, it is the result of my own efforts.

About Newton: Nature to him was an open book, whose letters he could read without effort.

What stands in the way of effortless effort is caring, or a conscious attempt to do well.

Every time I step on the field, I'm going to give my whole heart regardless of the score.

Any effort that has self-glorification as its final endpoint is bound to end in disaster.

Clarity and consistency are not enough: the quest for truth requires humility and effort.

Without God, all of our efforts turn to ashes and our sunrise into the darkest of nights.

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.

Truth matters. Everything we can do to find, feed, and strengthen it is worth the effort.

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