Henry Adams Quotes About Effort

Quotes about: Effort

• Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned.

  Henry Adams

  Lying, Heart, Men

  Henry Adams (2015). “Esther”, p.81, Sheba Blake Publishing

• Energy is the inherent effort of every multiplicity to become unity.

  Henry Adams

  Effort, Unity, Energy

  Henry Adams (1986). “Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres”, p.313, Penguin

• At the utmost, the active-minded young man should ask of his teacher only mastery of his tools. The young man himself, the subject of education, is a certain form of energy; the object to be gained is economy of his force; the training is partly the clearing away of obstacles, partly the direct application of effort. Once acquired, the tools and models may be thrown away.

  Henry Adams

  Education, Teacher, Men

  Henry Adams (2008). “The Education of Henry Adams”, p.12, Cosimo, Inc.

• The outline of the city became frantic in its effort to explain something that defied meaning. Power seemed to have outgrown its servitude and to have asserted its freedom. The cylinder had exploded, and thrown great masses of stone and steam against the sky.

  Henry Adams

  Power, Sky, Cities

  Henry Adams (2015). “The Education of Henry Adams”, p.487, Booklassic

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