Famous Quotes & Sayings

William James

If the 'searching of our heart and reins' be the purpose of this human drama, then what is sought seems to be what effort we can make. He who can make none is but a shadow; he who can make much is a hero.

If they (staff) don't get good preparation, the kids and the teachers suffer. No one puts as much time, effort and money into it (training) as we do.

If states go too far and pass spending limits that are too low, that might be seen as an effort to entrench incumbents.

Jim Flaherty

He was a little frustrated with the efforts of the firefighters.

Bob Hartley

He handles it well, but to give him a five-goal cushion, I'm sure he appreciates the effort from the boys.

G. H. Hardy

He is making every effort to recover progress.

He is leading by his example of work and the effort he puts in. He's raised the level of expectations for how judges work.

He has put a lot of time and effort into his game. He has made the most of his opportunities and put himself in position to perform. He spent hours working on his shooting, and when you see him in games it's paid off.

He expressed to me that the community, the city, everything about the team was a very important part of his life. But you have to have two parties in this, and I made every effort to get something done with them.

He gives that kind of special effort on every play.

He gives a great effort every night out and is an important part of this team.

Sam Mitchell

We can live with inexperience, guys making mistakes because of inexperience. I'm not disappointed in the effort of our guys.

This was not the kind of effort we expected. And not the kind of effort that can result in anything but a loss.

This was not the first effort made to engage in this fun.

The people started using it unauthorized. It was a construction site. We had to make some extra effort to secure the site to keep the public from using it because they were getting in the way.

We've been very competitive, especially at home. So far I'm pleased with our effort at home, but I'd like to see us play on the road better.

We're proud of the effort Lubbock has made in order to give (the athletes) a new start,

We took a step forward to normalcy, but we have no solution yet. But Portugal will make an effort to find a solution. We are on the right track,

We're not winning many games, but our effort in practice is there every day. We try to tell the kids every day that we want to get better, and they're doing that. It doesn't reflect in our wins, but it reflects in how hard these guys work every day.

Al Gore

The insistence on complete certainty about the full details of global warming-the most serious threat we have ever faced-is actually an effort to avoid facing the awful, uncomfortable truth: that we must act boldly, decisively, comprehensively, and quickly, even before we know every last detail about the crisis. Those who continue to argue that the appropriate response is merely additional research are simply seeking to camouflage timidity or protect their vested interest in the status quo.

Charles Kingsley

I go at what I have to do as if there were nothing else in the world for me to do.

Charles Babbage

The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted.

Blaise Pascal

Those great efforts of intellect, upon which the mind sometimes touches, are such that it cannot maintain itself there. It only leaps to them, not as upon a throne, forever, but merely for an instant.

Taufik Hidayat

Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities.

Ayn Rand

A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort ... is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence.

Barry Long

You can only get next to God through the effort of preparation. To experience the uncreated, the state of awareness will have to be held for several minutes. You are then between time and the time-less - waiting for the unknown, which will come but cannot be willed.

C. S. Lewis

The enemy will not see you vanish into God's company without an effort to reclaim you.

The protection of Napa Ranch is a big step in our effort to protect the region's natural treasures and its way of life before it's too late.

We've struggled the last half of the season off and on. I was pleased with our effort and our execution, for the most part.

We've relied on our effort level and our poise and we didn't have either one tonight. Our effort level in the first half was a big key. We did not have great effort and we needed to have great effort.

Calvin Coolidge

Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.

Bryant H. McGill

Through meditation and gentle cooperation, the body will heal itself with little or no effort.

Catherine Malandrino

Macrame is effortless.