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"Some people there are who, being grown; forget the horrible task of learning to read. It is perhaps the greatest single effort that the human undertakes, and he must do it as a child."
"There's an awful lot of inactive kindness which is nothing but laziness, not wanting any trouble, confusion, or effort."
"The best state for human nature is that in which, while no one is poor, no one desires to be richer, nor has any reason to fear from thrust back, by the efforts of others to push themselves forward."
"For a moment I had a view of a world that seemed to wear a vast and dismal aspect of disorder, while, in truth, thanks to our unwearied efforts, it is as sunny an arrangement of small conveniences as the mind of man can conceive."
"For the great mass of mankind the only saving grace that is needed is steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart in the short moment of each human effort."
"There are many things that happen every day that we could murmur about if we let ourselves go there. But they really aren't worth the effort it takes to get upset and gripe about it."
"In 2007 the 'dagger' of an idea that killed President Bush's effort at reforming the immigration system was lax border security."
"I am afraid I shall not find him, but I shall still look for him, for if he exists, he may be appreciative of my efforts."
"However good you may be you have faults; however dull you may be you can find out what some of them are, and however slight they may be you had better make some - not too painful, but patient efforts to get rid of them."
"The greatest efforts of the race have always been traceable to the love of praise, as the greatest catastrophes to the love of pleasure."
"When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work."
"You realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you. All efforts to save me from you will fail."
"For our hearts are enfeebled by prosperity, so that we cannot make the effort to pray."
"Marriage is a team effort. Grow closer to each other as you grow closer to God."
"It's such a colossal effort not to be haunted by what's lost, but to be enchanted by what was."
"I do think there must be centralized leadership in the sense that, say, in our struggle all of the leaders coordinate their efforts, cooperate and, and at least evince a degree of unity."
"Isaiah calls the Church barren because her children are born without effort by the Word of faith through the Spirit of God. It is a matter of birth, not of exertion."
"It is the individual artist who must act courageously in an effort to grow."
"Woo your biggest fans. This rule says concentrate your efforts at understanding on the 2 percent of consumers that personally drive 20 percent of sales and invite their friends and colleagues to enjoy you."
"Time has nothing to do with the matter."
