Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

These are the men who, without virtue, labour, or hazard, are growing rich, as their country is impoverished; they rejoice, when obstinacy or ambition…

— Samuel Johnson

Of what avail are pedigrees?

— Juvenal

Loneliness is not being alone, It's loving others to no avail.

— John Berendt

It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to…

— Lakhdar Brahimi

Just as a drop of water in the ocean cannot avail much; but if a great river runneth into it, that maketh a great…

— Jakob Bohme

Whenever senior players are missing, its ideal for youngsters to avail of these opportunities.

— Virender Sehwag

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do…

— Franz Kafka

Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful…

— John James Audubon

I'm trying to avail myself of the various technologies to get the message that Washington needs to be cleaned up, that the system that's…

— Jack Abramoff

“God is not interested in your ability. He is interested in your availability. When you avail your ability to God, you become a faithful…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“What avail is honour or a sword against a pen?”

— Rudyard Kipling

Prayers and sacrifices are of no avail.

— Aristotle

Young adults enrolled in universities and colleges or other postsecondary training should avail themselves of the opportunity to take institute of religion courses or,…

— Ezra Taft Benson

I will persist. I will always take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another.

— Og Mandino

“What discoveries I made in the course of writing stories all begin with the particular, never the general. They are mostly hindsight: arrows that…

— Eudora Welty