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"A tool is not necessarily better because it is bigger. A tool is best if it does the job required with a minimum of effort, with a minimum of complexity, and with a minimum of power."
"Literature is the effort of man to indemnify himself for the wrongs of his condition."
"You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things — to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals. The intense effort, the giving of everything you've got, is a very pleasant bonus."
"It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the phrase, 'as pretty as an airport.' Airports are ugly. Some are very ugly. Some attain a degree of ugliness that can only be the result of a special effort."
"A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root."
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."
"Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming."
"Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential."
"Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing."
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."
"I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace."
"Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort."
"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory."
"Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience."
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