"It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man"

-- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

#Believe Quotes #Men Quotes #Effort Quotes

“Cats are distant, discreet, impeccably clean and able to stay silent. What more could be needed to be good company?”
“Generally the younger generation are not hard working. They will have to put in more effort to achieve results in tournaments. most of them can perform well but they cannot deliver when they play abroad.”
“I've an irritating chuckle, I've a celebrated sneer, I've an entertaining snigger, I've a fascinating leer; To everybody's prejudice I know a thing or two; I can tell a woman's age in half a minute--and I do”
“Then after that came word processors and it's hard to make those laugh.”
“Achievement has no color”
“When I was hired by the University of Washington extension school to teach the one-year fiction writing course - 96 classroom hours - I quickly determined that I knew only about an hour's worth off the top of my head.”
“I look for things that are going to challenge me as an actor.”

Source : "Slackers". Hollywood.com Interview, www.hollywood.com. February 1, 2002.
“Speak boldly and speak truly, shame the devil.”

Source : Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher (1750). “The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher”, p.333

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