Effort

Famous quotes containing the word effort:

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

“Words like “freedom,” “justice,” “democracy” are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)

“My love grows wide and shallow in an effort to spread my losses.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)