Efficacy Quotes
If self-efficacy is lacking, people tend to behave ineffectually, even though they know what to do.
Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall
The Democrats appear to be the only people who still believe there is any efficacy to the UN.
Ann Coulter (2004). “How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must): The World According to Ann Coulter”, p.42, Crown Forum
Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall
Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money.
William Shenstone, Samuel Johnson, Robert Dodsley (1807). “Essays on men and manners; with aphorisms, criticisms, impromptus, fragments, etc”, p.155
Quintilian (1805). “Quintilian's institutes of eloquence ...”, p.7
Jacques Maritain (1997). “Untrammeled approaches”
Nathaniel Branden (1992). “Power of Self Esteem”
Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall
The oak has not the efficacy of the fir, nor the cypress that of the elm.
"De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book II, Chapter IX, Section 5,
John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”
To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable.
George Washington, Andrew Jackson (1862). “Washington's Farewell Address: The Proclamation of Jackson Against Nullification, and the Declaration of Independence”, p.6
To grant thought causal efficacy is not to invoke a disembodied mental state
Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall