Rather than reacting to every risk we hear and see, we should make an effort to discern which ones we can do something about. Ben Carson
Men will lie on their backs, talking about the the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up. Henry David Thoreau
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name. A. A. Milne
If I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it. Emily Brontë
You have to make an effort to always look at the good side, always think about the good things. Then you've got nothing to be afraid of. If something bad comes up, you do more thinking at that point. Haruki Murakami
In the Catholic Church, especially, they go into chancery, make a clean confession, give up all, and think to start again. Thus men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up. Henry David Thoreau