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In all human affairs there are efforts and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.

Quote by James Lane Allen about measure, human imperfections

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring about right results.

Quote by James Lane Allen about rightness, work

I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about criminals, man, fairy tales

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.

Quote by Albert Camus about people, sincerity, death, man

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

Quote by Clint Eastwood about respect, self-control, power, real estate

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Quote by Herodotus about purpose, victory, man, moment

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about knowledge, happiness, nature, human imperfections, life

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, Which rests wholly upon yourself. So, to praise others for their virtues Can but encourage one's own efforts.

Quote by Thomas Paine about virtue, encouragement, praise

Few passages of history are more striking than those which record the efforts of the earlier French Jesuits to convert the Indians.

Quote by Francis Parkman about history

The strength of a man's virtue must not be measured by his efforts, but by his ordinary life.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about virtue, man, life

Do not live in the past, do not dream about the future, concentate all your efforts in the present.

Quote by Buddha about life, present, dream, past, future

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

Quote by Evelyn Waugh about art, symbol, destruction, magic, human imperfections