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“My whole philosophy is working smarter and not harder. And making sure I'm using little effort and getting a huge effect.”

Littles Philosophy Whole Effort Effects Huge Harder Mma Smarter

Author:Anthony Pettis

“There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.”

Men Life Philosophy Wisdom Motivational Harder Busy Priorities Busy Man

Author:Seneca the Younger

“With Republicans in control of the Senate for the first time since Barack Obama took office, the president may find it harder to appoint left-wing lawyers to judgeships. Whether he compromises on some of his nominees, including any to the Supreme Court, may depend on the willingness of the new Republican majority to engage the president on judicial philosophy.”

“Elegant and lucid . . . a pitch-perfect clarion call, issued not with preachy hubris but from a deep place of humility, for awakening to the greatest rewards of living . . . The Road to Character is an essential read in its entirety-Anne Lamott with a harder edge of moral philosophy, Seneca with a softer edge of spiritual sensitivity, E. F. Schumacher for perplexed moderns.”

Philosophy Character Spiritual Perfect Moral Humility Essentials Harder Rewards Edges Awakening Sensitivity Elegant Hubris Entirety Moral Philosophy Perplexed Schumacher Pitch Perfect

Author:Maria Popova

“So I was doing well academically, and I was a well-ranked tennis player and was the apple of my handsome father's eye-and then I would bring home a report card with a B-plus on it, and my parents would look at the report card as if I'd flunked. "Uh, honey?" one of them would ask, looking perplexed. "Now, this isn't a criticism but, if you could get a B-plus in philosophy, how much harder would it have been to get an A-minus?"”

Source: Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

“As Hamlet tells his friend, ``There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.'' Well then, we must try harder to dream!”

Trying Wells Philosophy Dream Earth Heaven Harder Heaven And Earth Horatio

Author:Gregory Chaitin

“That was it! The whole Redwood City philosophy was based on a willingness to try harder than anyone else.”

Trying Philosophy Whole Cities Harder Willingness Redwoods

Author:Malcolm Gladwell

“That has never been a priority for me and I want the players to deal with a harder situation in practice than they'll ever have to deal with in the game. Maybe that's part of our ball security philosophy.”

Want Philosophy Games Deals Situation Practice Player Security Balls Harder Priorities

Author:Bill Belichick

“It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.”

People Men Philosophy America Young Black Born Harder Clouds Black People

Author:Erykah Badu