Quotation zu Dewarim 8:23

Our nation has never had any doubt, even from the beginning of its development, that the way to develop its vitality and achieve its establishment depended on its diligence and its efforts. The ethical connection to the value of effort was always to recognize that God gives us the strength to do acts of strength, but it is always dependent on effort and industry on our part. Did we only put in a little effort and a little war for the land that was promised to us by God with an absolute promise to our forefathers? However, it is not lack of effort that causes the pure faith, rather it is strength of heart and perfect hope, which in the end will bring about our soul's desire. It therefore increases strength and bravery, and distances us from despair. The idea of faith only brings us to the perfection in an all-inclusive and authentic understanding that we are not only built through physical strength, but additionally, and especially, through moral strength that perfects us along with them. That, without a doubt, is the ratified covenant. That is understood by anyone who understands and pays attention to the ways of our people and its inner vitality.