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"Efficiency is intelligent laziness."
[This quote had been associated with David Dunham, who has stated that he is not the originator.]
-Anon., source unknown
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"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however."
-Richard Bach
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"It's the constant and determined effort that breaks down resistance, sweeps away all obstacles."
-Claude M. Bristol
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Continuous effort, not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.
-Liane Cardes
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"It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."
-Sir Winston Churchill
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Contrary to what we usually believe . . . the best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times--although such experiences can also be enjoyable, if we have worked hard to attain them.
The best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.
-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience [1990], Chapter 1
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson, attributed, no source
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"You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself."
-Harry Firestone
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"One that would have the fruit must climb the tree."
-Thomas Fuller
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"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
-Johann von Goethe
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The Mathemagician nodded knowingly and stroked his chin several times. “You’ll find,” he remarked gently, “that the only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that’s hardly worth the effort.”
-Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
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The heights by great men reached and kept
Were not obtained by sudden flight,
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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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
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"Slump, and the world slumps with you. Push, and you push alone."
-Laurence J. Peter
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"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
-Will Rogers
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"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
-Theodore Roosevelt
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The man who has done his best has done everything.
-Charles M. Schwab
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"To do two things at once is to do neither."
-Publilius Syrus
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Books about Effort
