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Effort

Mahatma Gandhi Quote: “Satisfaction lies in the effort, not…”

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.

August 18, 2019 1869, Indian, Mahatma Gandhi, October 2, Quotes by Leaders

Delmore Schwartz Quote: “All literature is an effort at…”

All literature is an effort at the formal character of the epigram.

August 7, 2019 1913, American, December 8, Delmore Schwartz, Quotes by Poets

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Quote: “We spend our lives, all of…”

We spend our lives, all of us, waiting for the great day, the great battle, or the deed of power. But that external consummation is not given to many: nor is it necessary. So long as our being is tensed, directed with passion, towards that which is the spirit of all things, then that spirit will emerge from our own hidden, nameless effort.

July 31, 2019 1881, French, May 1, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Quotes by Philosophers

Ramana Maharshi Quote: “No one succeeds without effort… Those…”

No one succeeds without effort… Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

July 2, 2019 1879, December 20, Indian, Quotes by Philosophers, Ramana Maharshi

Euripides Quote: “Much effort, much prosperity….”

Much effort, much prosperity.

July 1, 2019 480 BC, Euripides, Greek, Quotes by Poets

Henry Adams Quote: “Every man who has at last…”

Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman’s heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

June 6, 2019 1838, American, February 16, Henry Adams, Quotes by Historians

Lysander Spooner Quote: “Men’s moral principles are weak enough…”

Men’s moral principles are weak enough without their being made subordinate to selfishness; and their selfishness is quite active enough, without any such effort as Christianity makes to constitute it the mainspring of all their conduct.

May 30, 2019 1808, American, January 19, Lysander Spooner, Quotes by Philosophers

Aeschylus Quote: “Happiness is a choice that requires…”

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

April 11, 2019 525 BC, Aeschylus, Greek, Quotes by Poets

Pierre de Coubertin Quote: “The day when a sportsman stops…”

The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die.

March 31, 2019 1863, French, January 1, Pierre de Coubertin, Quotes by Leaders

Patricia Ireland Quote: “When I hear traditional family values…”

When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of his family. Who had the, not only the right, but the obligation to discipline his wife and children to keep them in line?

March 15, 2019 1945, American, October 19, Patricia Ireland, Quotes by Activists

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