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Quote by Wes Fesler

“There is no almost in giving your all.”

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Wes Fesler, born on June 29, 1908, was a renowned football player from the United States. Known for his exceptional skills and tactical acumen, he played for several clubs during his career and achieved significant success with the national team. more

“That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness can require, will be allowed by those who wish to elevate the character of a scholar; since they cannot but know that every human acquisition is valuable in proportion to the difficulty of its attainment.”

Knows Humans Kind Character Wish Effort Greatness Equal Difficulty Valuable Proportion Labour Scholar Attainment Acquisition Eminence

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

“Where there is no difficulty there is no praise.”

Effort Difficulty Praise

Book:Lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations on their works. With notes by P. Cunningham

Source: Lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations on their works. With notes by P. Cunningham

“No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in total idleness, and have never yet endeavoured to be useful.”

Men Littles Reason Effort Merit Multitudes Idleness

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

“All industry must be excited by hope.”

Effort Industry Excited

Book:The Rambler: In Four Volumes

Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes

“He that floats lazily down the stream, in pursuit of something borne along by the same current, will find himself indeed moved forward; but unless he lays his hand to the oar, and increases his speed by his own labour, must be always at the same distance from that which he is following.”

Hands Effort Increase Moved Lays Distance Currents Following Speed Pursuit Streams Labour Floats Oar

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: A New Edition in Twelve Volumes, to which is Prefixed, an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq. Containing Adventurer and Rasselas

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: A New Edition in Twelve Volumes, to which is Prefixed, an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq. Containing Adventurer and Rasselas

“To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer: but he whose life has passed without a contest, and who can boast neither success nor merit, can survey himself only as a useless filler of existence; ad if he is content with his own character, must owe his satisfaction to insensibility.”