Effort Quotes

Efforts to protect critical computer networks have unfortunately not kept pace with the march of technology.

In what is perhaps the strangest turn in the President's efforts to rally support, he agreed that Iraq is just like Vietnam, but in a good way.

I'm focusing on my efforts behind the camera. I'm doing some producing and directing so that I can make projects for all of the amazing, talented actors and crew that I know.

All life is the struggle, the effort to be itself.

Every intellectual effort sets us apart from the commonplace, and leads us by hidden and difficult paths to secluded spots where we find ourselves amid unaccustomed thoughts.

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.

I wake up every day in order to do something that's quixotic, and not necessarily called for in the world, but I do it because there's extraordinary meaning for me behind the effort.

I've always thought things were absurd. It would take a lot more effort for me to see things as reasonable.

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.

Adolescence involves our nutty-desperate-ecstatic-rash psychological efforts to come to terms with new bodies and outrageous urges.

It didn't happen in the 70s. So I had a whole decade when I was writing these books and maybe there was a little bit here or there but there was no big effort to ban books.

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.

It's challenging as an actor to let go but I had some pleasure out of it too. To not have the effort of having to present myself is quite liberating.

I have such thin skin, so I make a concerted effort to avoid reading anything about myself.

I make such big efforts to forget things and I can't tell the story of my life because, thank God, I'm still living it.

Society is a sort of organism on the growth of which conscious efforts can exercise little effect.

As someone who tried to be great. I don't know if one ever gets to greatness, but I've put in a good effort, and will continue to do so.

Sometimes when I look back on myself on those earlier records, there was so much effort going in, so much trying. With this, I was trying to make it much more laid back.

I am a bit biased. I co-chair the campaign effort of George W. Bush.

Why it should be such an effort to write to the people one loves I can't imagine. It's none at all to write to those who don't really count.

When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as a film.

Ultimately, I don't believe that you can build a company without a lot of effort, and that you need to lead by example.

Real life, raising kids and trying to raise them to be good people takes a lot of work. It's all about (appearing) effortless, yet there's so much effort. You do it the best you can.

When we have an effort made at sanctions involving many other nations it has a potential of greater impact on Russia and discouraging Putin.

The effort of Reince Priebus and the RNC to reach out to movement conservatives has been impressive and will, I believe pay great dividends come election time

It is hard to compare over generations. I think a lot of the top talent is choosing other fields. We look pretty hard - we put a lot of time and effort into finding talent.

In 23 years in newsrooms, I saw consistent and concerted efforts to get stories right. Clearly, the public's not convinced.

Scientists under all forms of government must be able to participate fully in international efforts.

It wasn't so much of a controlled effort to end up as part of the Goth scene.

I think everyone knows how much of a joint effort being in politics is. It requires all kinds of sacrifices and all kinds of support.

No relationship is perfect nor will anyone ever be the best boyfriend or girlfriend. Long as you put in the effort and try to make your lover happy. That's all we can ask for.

At the time we are focusing our efforts primarily on building shelters for refugees. Homelessness in Afghanistan is a huge problem.

The country [Afghanistan] faces enormous problems. There is a violent insurgency hampering the rule of law and developmental efforts.

You can use the same motto for everything in life. If you put that effort in, you'll get what you want.

In war, force is used by the belligerents themselves, no effort being made to bring evildoers before a judicial body, each army acting as judge, jury and executioner.

Yes, it's funny, isn't it? You try to do what's best for the people you love, and you just end up in trouble for your efforts.

This is an historic step forward in the world's efforts to combat a truly global threat.

One might say that "Torch Song" is, in part, about the urgency of the effort to pin things down and what wild dart throwing that desire leads to.

When you eat pure food that isn't genetically modified, your physical and mental state does improve and it's worth the effort to make that happen.

You know, Roland and I were just talking about how we don't have any pyromaniac friends. And everyone knows you need a good pyro to pull off any reform school prank worth the effort.

I know the team, as a whole, has had an impact on the youth of the church, and on the missionary efforts throughout the world.

To be sure, governments will remain critical to any comprehensive effort to save our planet.

The seeds of genius are in many blogs, but bloggers lack the interest in or understanding of the difference between blogging and fully-formed literary efforts.

When the music is physically demanding, I want to make sure that the effort involved is put across to the audience through physical gesture.

In order to obtain and hold power a man must love it. Thus the effort to get it is not likely to be coupled with goodness, but with the opposite qualities of pride, craft and cruelty.

Affirming others isn't 'flattering' them-it's when you genuinely and consistently acknowledge their efforts and accomplishments, both large and small. Make affirmation a habit and watch what happens!

Is it not obvious that the more complex an economy, the more certainly will governmental control of productive effort exert a retarding influence?

The very effort to forget teaches us to remember.

Genuinely social people never ceased to amaze him. Their brains seemed to generate an inexhaustible fund of things to say, naturally, with no effort, out of nothing at all.