“Let a man begin in earnest with "I ought," and he will end, by God's grace, if he persevere, with "I will." Let him force himself to abound in all small offices of kindliness, attention, affectionateness, and all these for God's sake. By and by he will feel them become the habit of his soul.” IfsMenFeelsSoulEndsForceAttentionGraceDutyOughtHabitOfficeSakeEarnestPersevereGod's GraceKindliness Author:Frederick William Robertson
“I would say most people assume that I'm not very smart or educated or earnest, because I have this image that I'm sort of narcissistic, chasing attention, and wanting people to like me. It makes me laugh because I've done plenty of interviews and when you read the article from beginning to end you can see that I'm not your typical music video model.” PeopleEndsDoneAttentionLaughingModelsSmartAssumingVideoLike MeEducatedPlentyInterviewsArticlesTypicalChasingEarnestNarcissisticMake Me LaughVery Smart Author:Megan Fox
“My advice to this investor is the same that I give to the young investors in my classes Devote the same earnest attention to investing that $50,000 as you devoted to earning it.” GivingYoungAttentionClassAdviceInvestingInvestorsDevotedEarningEarnestEarning It Author:Ivan Boesky
“That which is required in order to the attainment of accurate conclusions respecting the essence of the Beautiful is nothing morethan earnest, loving, and unselfish attention to our impressions of it.” BeautifulOrderAttentionBeautyEssenceImpressionConclusionAccurateEarnestAttainmentUnselfish Book:Modern Painters ...: pt. 3. Of the imaginative and theoretic faculties. 4th ed Source: Modern Painters ...: pt. 3. Of the imaginative and theoretic faculties. 4th ed
“The men of sense, the idols of the shallow, are very inferior to the men of passions. It is the strong passions which, rescuing us from sloth, impart to us that continuous and earnest attention necessary to great intellectual efforts.” MenPassionStrongEffortAttentionHe ManIntellectualIdolsInferiorsShallowEarnestImpartSlothStrong Passion Author:Claude Adrien Helvetius