Effort

Famous quotes containing the word effort:

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

“Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace.”
—Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)

“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)