Effort

Famous quotes containing the word effort:

“Most of one’s life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

“Woman, essentially a purist, is naturally bigoted and relentless in her effort to make others as good as she thinks they ought to be.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)

“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)