Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

It is not given to us to know what difference we can make, and perhaps we can make no difference at all. But that is no reason not to make the attempt,” said Saliman quietly....

I went through the whole number, you know. The swing era, the boogie woogie era, the bebop era. Thelonious Monk is still one of my favorites. So a lot of these people had their effect...

What we do want to see is reforms that are going to have a permanent effect on the budget deficit.

One of the most effective things you will ever do in life, whether you care to or not, is set an example.

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it.But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target.So does gossip.

We don’t look at the sun of truth, but we look at its effects. (Le soleil de la vérité – Ne se regarde, mes ses effets)

I begin by considering an effect.

We must also teach science not as the bare body of fact, but more as human endeavor in its historic context—in the context of the effects of scientific thought on every kind of thought. We...

No cause occurs without effect, and no effect occurs without cause. No unjust action goes without penalty, and no action or thought flows unnoticed throughout the universe.

Whenever you appreciate a certain thing you become conscious of its real quality, and whenever you become conscious of the quality of anything, you begin to develop that quality in yourself. When we appreciate the...

I listen’d, motionless and still;And, as I mounted up the hill,The music in my heart I bore,Long after it was heard no more.

The Natural Law of Cause and Effect. (KARMA) For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Our world will be a much better place to live, if such natural law of cause and...

The impression in the colors of your profound words evokes an everlasting impression in the mind of whosoever hears it.

I’ve always liked the effect of having somebody in there who hadn’t the faintest idea what was going on.

The development of weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to carry them would be a very destabilizing effect, should Iran be able to accomplish that.

The books of C.S. Lewis had a very profound, indirect effect on me.

The smallest grain of natural honesty and benevolence has more effect on men’s conduct, than the most pompous views suggested by theological theories and systems.

The event of the landing of these brethren upon our shores is to be, not without its beneficial effect, as well to the colored population of this country, as it promises to be to ill-fated...

If you are not angry with your average performance, you can’t effect a change! You must get upset to grab the energy to break the fence confining you!

Depression scares people off. It makes me laugh that it has that kind of effect.

My husband said to me while I was swooning in his arms, ‘Why are all the longest dances the draggiest?’I took this to mean that he has not loved me for a very long time....

Why does he have such an unnerving effect on me? His over-whelming good looks maybe? The way his eyes blaze at me? The way he strokes his index finger against his lower lip? I wish...

In the ‘Mass Effect’ universe, there is zero ad libbing.

The little waiter’s eyebrows wandered about his forehead in confusion.

The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind.

And for the rest of her life, the girl, the woman, she never made a mark on anyone either that proved anything absolutely for certain, that she could ever see, about what she had done...

The effect of a concept-driven revolution is to explain old things in new ways. The effect of a tool-driven revolution is to discover new things that have to be explained.

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that… and all the glory of it.

Mind you, the effectiveness of one hunter’s gun does not determine the number of bush meats the other hunter will kill. You got to be yourself. Be you.

What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.

We daily witness the beneficial effect produced to the community by the institution of premiums, held out to encourage the inventions of ingenious mechanics.

I wasn’t thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.

There’s a domino effect with certain things you say.

Never become proud within yourself when you are seen as the one to cause that great effect. Never become timid if you know you can while others dare to prove otherwise! Mind your business and...

Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.

If there’s a severe recession, the automatic stabilizers will come into effect, and we will still try to reduce the structural deficit, but we will not try to keep cutting the budget so that we...

As revolutionary as it may be, the Net is best understood as the latest in a long series of tools that have helped mold the human mind.

Everyday is judgement day

The victim mindset produces a delusion of fault and blame that blinds you from the simple truth of cause and effect.

When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can’t complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it’s had an effect and will continue to have an effect.

Life without a cause will have no effect.

Some decisions in life naturally lead to an unhappy ending, leaving you sinking by degrees in a lake of quicksand. And, unless someone reaches to pull you out, chances are you will drown in the...

It’s only “single steps” that make a journey of 1000 miles. It means the combined effect of many steps is the equivalence of a great journey. Go, take many little steps.

The approaching exhaustion of domestic reserves of petroleum and the rapid depletion of world reserves will have a profound effect on Americans in the cities and on the farms.

What triggered a migraine for me may have no effect on someone else. For many people, coffee can relieve symptoms somewhat, but for me it was a trigger. You really have to find out what...

It’s called the Infinity Effect.

We always feel the brunt of the blow dealt to us, but hardly ever do we feel the impact we have on others. Why is that?

A skillful literary artist has constructed a tale. If wise, he has not fashioned his thoughts to accommodate his incidents; but having conceived, with deliberate care, a certain unique or single effect to be wrought...