Writing is an undertaking for the modest.

It is a precarious undertaking to say anything reliable about aims and intentions.

— Albert Einstein

This position will not be disputed, so long as it is admitted that the desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of…

— Alexander Hamilton

Above the pyramid on the great seal of the United States it says in Latin: "God has favored our undertaking." God will not favor…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Too much vigor in the beginning of an undertaking often intercepts and prevents the steadiness and perseverance always necessary in the conduct of a…

— Samuel Johnson

I understand you undertake to overthrow my undertaking.

— Gertrude Stein

It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.

— Publilius Syrus

Study is to study what cannot be studied. Undertaking means undertaking what cannot be undertaken. Philosophizing is to philosophize about what cannot be philosophized…

— Zhuangzi

I think the Lewis and Clark Expedition was the greatest undertaking in American History. I think landing a man on the moon pales next…

— Kathryn Lasky

It's very clear, under anyone's scenario, that it's a massive, extensive undertaking regardless of where you might ultimately draw the line as to when…

— Jack McConnell

Writing a book is quite an undertaking and I wouldn't want to do it just to do it.

— Laverne Cox

You are engaged in an undertaking of major importance to you. To be sure of success, you must have plans which are faultless.

— Napoleon Hill

I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine…

— Nelson Mandela

Just getting movies made is difficult because it takes a lot of money; I mean, it costs more money to make one movie than…

— Rob Zombie

Benevolence today has become altogether too huge an undertaking to be conducted otherwise than on business lines.

— Julius Rosenwald

An undertaking beset with danger.

— Horace