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Effort

(noun) The work involved in performing an activity; exertion. Example: "It took a lot of effort to find a decent-sized, fully-furnished apartment within walking distance of the office.   He made a conscious effort to not appear affected by the stories in the paper."

18 QUOTES
"I like men who have a future and women who have a past."
— Paulo Coelho
"Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle."
— Helen Keller
"Success is the sum of small efforts repeated day in and day out."
— Robert Collier
"Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution."
— Maya Angelou
"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"Effort: You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
"Don't put effort into people who didn't give it back."
— Sophie Smith
"Positive vibrations don't vanish. Your efforts don't go unnoticed."
— Caylor Parish
"The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down."
— Stephen Richards
"The one thing that matters is the effort."
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"It hurts when your effort is ignored."
— Sophie Smith
"Our daily objectives should include an honest effort to improve on yesterday."
— Zig Ziglar
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