Great Effort – Quotes

I work very hard

I work very hard to achieve simplicity, which is never natural, never spontaneous. It’s always obtained at the price of a great effort. Eugene Green

When something can be

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing. Enrique Jardiel Poncela

You have perhaps waited for years to be freed from some need. For a long, long time you have looked out from the darkness in search of the light, and have had a difficult problem in life that you have not been able to solve in spite of great efforts. And then, when the time … Read more

A new philosophy, a

A new philosophy, a new way of life, is not given for nothing. It has to be paid dearly for and only acquired with much patience and great effort Fyodor Dostoevsky

We have had such

We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money. Fredrik Bajer

The first step toward

The first step toward the management of disease was replacement of demon theories and humours theories by the germ theory. That very step, the beginning of hope, in itself dashed all hopes of magical solutions. It told workers that progress would be made stepwise, at great effort, and that a persistent, unremitting care would have … Read more

If we had strength

If we had strength and faith enough to trust ourselves entirely to God; and follow Him simply wherever He should lead us, we should have no need of any great effort of mind to reach perfection. Francois Fenelon

Slud is something more

Slud is something more than slid. It means sliding with great effort. Dizzy Dean

Writing a screenplay, I’m

Writing a screenplay, I’m like, All I’m responsible for is that final script, and I take great effort and pride in that. But once I give it to someone to make, I can disassociate with it entirely and not worry that my vision isn’t being represented, because I understand fully that that’s not how it … Read more

We have made a

We have made a great effort to maintain all levels of Buddhist education; it has helped us have a kind of renaissance, really. Dalai Lama