Thanksgiving for the benefits received from God is made acceptable by humility and not looking down on those who lack them. It is rendered unacceptable, however, by being conceited, as if those benefits resulted from our own efforts and knowledge, and by condemning those who have not received them. Gregory Palamas
First, utopianism is probably a necessary social device for generating the superhuman efforts without which no major revolution is achieved. Eric Hobsbawm
Anyone who tries to improve the lives of animals invariably comes in for criticism from those who believe such efforts are misplaced in a world of suffering humanity. Jane Goodall
Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves. Charlotte Brontë
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts. John D. Rockefeller
Incremental efforts have an impact as benefits accumulate. Singaporean Proverb