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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 waste, knowledge, happiness, nature, human imperfections, life

Murphy's love laws; If the effort that went in research on the female bosom had gone into our space program, we would now be running hot-dog stands on the moon.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, moon, univers, research

When in trouble do what you can. If that fails try what you can't. If that fails give yourself an A for effort and run like hell with pride!

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about problems, proudness, hell, contentment

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

A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about opinion, perfection, moment, contentment

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

Quote by Arnold Palmer about truth, contentment

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying, I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

Quote by Arnold Palmer about chance

I think one of the geniuses of Bound and The Matrix and Memento is the complete collaboration of the effort. There were no rotten apples.

Quote by Joe Pantoliano about genius

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

For the first time federal, state and local bureaus of investigation are coordinating their effort, to serve as eyes and ears and protect us against further attacks.

Quote by George Pataki about time, eyes, state

With this sense of the splendour of our experience and of its awful brevity, gathering all we are into one desperate effort to see and touch, we shall hardly have time to make theories about the things we see and touch.

Quote by Walter Pater about experience, common sense, sense, things, time

We support every effort to combat international terrorism through the formulation of international conventions and hope that the international community will take further steps to improve the anti-terrorism international legal framework.

Quote by Li Peng about politics, hope

It is always the start that requires the greatest effort.

Quote by James Cash Penney

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

Quote by Erich Fromm about man, personality, life

Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.

Quote by Erich Fromm about happiness, air, joy, suffering, moment, love, 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

It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my life, which in the same sentence is my obit and epitaph too, shall be them both: He made the books and he died.

Quote by William Faulkner about life, books, history

Everyone makes a greater effort to hurt other people than to help himself.

Quote by Alexis Carrel about opinion, help, people