No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread.
This is a global effort we're going to have to lead to overcome this jihadist effort. It's more than Osama bin Laden. But he is going to pay, and he will die.
Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort.
A massive state and federal effort, the likes of which we've never seen is going to be needed. We can do it for tsunami victims half a world away. We can do it for our own citizens.
Again, it may be said, that to love justice and equality the people need no great effort of virtue; it is sufficient that they love themselves.
And each book has to receive your best effort every single time. No slacking.
If you have a positive attitude and constantly strive to give your best effort, eventually you will overcome your immediate problems and find you are ready for greater challenges.
Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and determination will win. Let not the man be discouraged who has these.
If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.
Though every legal task demands this skill, it is especially important in the effort to frame public policy in a way that is properly responsive to human needs and predicaments. The question is always: How will the general rule work in practice?
I won it, at least five million times. Men who were stronger, bigger and faster than I was could have done it, but they never picked up a pole, and never made the feeble effort to pick their legs off the ground and get over the bar.