
„Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.“
— Jane Addams pioneer settlement social worker 1860 - 1935
A collection of quotes on the topic of effort.
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— Jane Addams pioneer settlement social worker 1860 - 1935
— Leonard Bernstein American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist 1918 - 1990
The Cambridge Companion to Conducting p. 16.
— Emmeline Pankhurst, book My Own Story
My Own Story (1914), p. 129, Hearst's International Library.
— Spencer W. Kimball President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1895 - 1985
— Albert Schweitzer French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher 1875 - 1965
The Problem of Peace (1954)
— Edward Bernays, book Propaganda
Source: Propaganda (1928), p. 63
— Josef Albers German-American artist and educator 1888 - 1976
Homage to the square' (1964)
— Marek Żukow-Karczewski Polish historian, journalist and opinion journalist 1961
Enchanted by beauty (three forgotten relations), "Aura" 1, 1998-01, p. 17-19. http://yadda.icm.edu.pl/yadda/element/bwmeta1.element.agro-article-d2f0773c-592e-4250-8f73-558234a9140e?q=3c417fdf-4051-4e84-83b2-9eb4fc33b1e0$1&qt=IN_PAGE
— Charlemagne King of the Franks, King of Italy, and Holy Roman Emperor 748 - 814
Quoted in Notker's The Deeds of Charlemagne (translated 2008 by David Ganz)
— Padre Pio Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic 1887 - 1968
— Gautama Buddha philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism -563 - -483 BC
Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn56/sn56.011.piya.html, as translated by Piyadassi Maha Thera (1999)
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— Ravi Zacharias Indian philosopher 1946
Source: Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message
— Michael Parenti American academic 1933
3 CONSPIRACY: PHOBIA AND REALITY, The JFK Assassination I, p. 159
Dirty truths (1996), first edition
— Michael Parenti American academic 1933
3 CONSPIRACY: PHOBIA AND REALITY, The JFK Assassination II: p. 174
Dirty truths (1996), first edition
— George S. Patton United States Army general 1885 - 1945
Letter to Dwight D. Eisenhower (1942); to this Eisenhower replied: "I don't have the slightest trouble naming the hellions I'd like to have you shoot; my problem is to figure out some way of getting you to the place you can do it." as quoted in Eisenhower : A Soldier's Life (2003) by Carlo D'Este, p. 301
Context: Of all the many talks I had in Washington, none gave me such pleasure as that with you. There were two reasons for this. In the first place, you are about my oldest friend. In the second place, your self-assurance and to me, at least, demonstrated ability, give me a great feeling of confidence about the future … and I have the utmost confidence that through your efforts we will eventually beat the hell out of those bastards — "You name them; I'll shoot them!"
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Hungarian American psychologist 1934
Source: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
— Irena Sendler Polish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer 1910 - 2008
Quoted in "The Long Path to Irena Sendler - Mother of the Holocaust Children" http://www.socwork.net/2006/1/historicalportraits/wieler, by Joachim Wieler Social Work & Society, vol. 4 (2006)