Effort

Famous quotes containing the word effort:

“Nature seems to have treasured up the depth of our mind talents and abilities that we are not aware of; it is the privilege of the passions alone to bring them to light, and to direct us sometimes to surer and more excellent aims than conscious effort could.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.”
—William James (1842–1910)

“God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)