#effort

The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

#any #class #efforts #emancipation #individuals

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#efforts #enable #express #her #him

I have always tried to hide my efforts and wished my works to have a light joyousness of springtime which never lets anyone suspect the labors it has cost me. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#anyone #cost #efforts #hide #i

Every one of us is different in some way but for those of us who are more 'different,' we have to put more effort into convincing the less different that we can do the same thing as they can... just differently. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#different #differently #effort #every #into

John's time and effort were, in the main, spent on pretty honorable stuff. As for the other side, well, nobody's perfect, nobody's Jesus. And look what they did to him. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#effort #him #honorable #jesus #john

As a reward for their efforts, however, those early Christians were beaten, stoned to death, thrown to the lions, tortured and crucified. Every conceivable method was used to stop them from talking. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#christians #conceivable #crucified #death #early

Under President Obama, we have spent more money - he has spent more money than any other president in this history, actually, the combined total from Washington up to George W. Bush. President Obama has racked up more spending, $1 trillion deficits. And it's time that he join us in this effort to get our fiscal house in order. ↗

— Cathy McMorris

#any #bush #combined #deficits #effort

In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts. ↗

— Peter McWilliams

#blessings #due #efforts #life #love

If we all make a concerted effort and try to improve the life of someone else, then this world would be a better place to live in. ↗

— Alonzo Mourning

#better place #concerted #concerted effort #effort #else

Genre-spanning is the effort to make the live show interesting. It's also a great way to challenge yourself as a writer. ↗

— Jason Mraz

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