#effort

But I too hate long books: the better, the worse. If they're bad they merely make me pant with the effort of holding them up for a few minutes. But if they're good, I turn into a social moron for days, refusing to go out of my room, scowling and growling at interruptions, ignoring weddings and funerals, and making enemies out of friends. I still bear the scars of Middlemarch. ↗

— Vikram Seth

#effort

Christ-likeness cannot be self-efforted" ~R. Alan Woods [2007] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#r-alan-woods #self-effort #r-alan-woods

In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#democracy #effort #eliminate #growing #growing up

All the effort in the world won't matter if you're not inspired. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#inspiration #inspirational

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. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#effort #equality #great #justice #love

Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt. ↗

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

#effort #hurt #only

I'm always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible. ↗

— Richard Thompson

#always #conscious #conscious effort #effort #i

We're going to make every effort to keep the Saints as Louisiana's team. ↗

— Paul Tagliabue

#every #going #keep #louisiana #make

Many of my e-mails have been maliciously taken out of context, another effort by those assaulting my career. ↗

— Jack Abramoff

#assaulting #been #career #context #e-mails

My earlier award was also based on a close collaborative effort. ↗

— John Bardeen

#award #based #close #collaborative #earlier