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Effort

«The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort, who never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature»
«Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure - they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm»
«The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different - to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind and spirit he or she possesses»
«There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.»
Author: Joshua Reynolds (Painter) | About: Effort, Laziness, Thinking | Keywords: expedient
«There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than they usually do. [It is] when they are in love and reading a love letter.»
«Success is dependent on effort.»
Author: Sophocles | About: Effort, Success | Keywords: dependent, dependent on
«The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.»
«Much effort, much prosperity.»
Author: Euripides | About: Effort
«Like any other living, growing thing, love requires effort to keep it healthy.»
«The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.»

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