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Quotes about Effort

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The classes that wash most are those that work least.
— GK Chesterton
Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition.
— William Osler
In the dust of defeat as well as the laurels of victory there is a glory to be found if one has done his best.
— Eric Liddell
You might not be able to outthink, outmarket or outspend your competition, but you can outwork them.
— Lou Holtz
To go into a competition and not strive to win is to be a dishonest competitor.
— Michael Novak
Many ... have tremendous God-given gifts, but they don't focus on the development of those gifts. Who are these individuals? You've never heard of them- and you never will .
— John Wooden
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
— Albert Einstein
The future is not a gift-it is an achievement.
— Albert Einstein
One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one's greatest efforts.
— Albert Einstein
Life is like a piano. What you get out of it depends on how you play it.
— Albert Einstein