Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
All of our dignity consists in thought. Let us endeavor then to think well; this is the principle of morality. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
You can't say I'm going to become a painter in the same way you say I'm going to become a dentist. Or… — Brice Marden Copy Share Image
With what hope can we endeavor to persuade the ladies that the time spent at the toilet is lost in vanity. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor. — Chris Patten Copy Share Image
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Godzilla. The big, green G-man has had a profound influence on my creative endeavors and imagination since I was blueberry-avoiding kid. — Jeremy Robinson Copy Share Image
In our endeavors to recall to memory something long forgotten, we often find ourselves upon the very verge of remembrance, without being… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
No volleyball play can begin without a serve, and the serve is the only technique that is totally under your control. In… — Karch Kiraly Copy Share Image
Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavors to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents,… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the… — Maude Adams Copy Share Image
The least glimmering or shade of acting, in man or woman, is a sure motive of envy in the rest; and, if… — Charlotte Charke Copy Share Image
If you give me your attention, I will tell you what I am: I'm a genuine philanthropist--all other kinds are sham. Each… — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is all-consuming and all-encompassin g. It is no lukewarm endeavor. It… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
He who wishes to revenge injuries by reciprocal hatred will live in misery. But he who endeavors to drive away hatred by… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Success also requires the courage to risk disapproval. Most independent thought, new ideas, or endeavors beyond the common measure are greeted with… — Chin-Ning Chu Copy Share Image
There are some despotic governments so filled with a feeling of insecurity that they regard the free life of culture as a… — Richard M. Weaver Copy Share Image
It is the haunted premises of longing that the true love song inhabits. It is a howl in the void, for love… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
There is, fortunately, a minority composed of those who recognize early in their lives that the most beautiful and satisfying experiences open… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Whether hunting is right or wrong, a spiritual experience, or an outlet for the killer instinct, one thing it is not is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is an absolutely vain endeavor to attempt to reconstruct or even comprehend the nature of a human being by simply knowing… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
There is a beginning and end to all life - and to all human endeavors. Species evolve and die off. Empires rise,… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
The life of a chess master is much more difficult than that of an artist - much more depressing. An artist knows… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
In no other field of scientific endeavor do otherwise intelligent people feel free to make public claims based on prejudice and ignorance.… — Rupert Sheldrake Copy Share Image
He who knows himself to be profound endeavors to be clear; he who would like to appear profound to the crowd endeavors… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
We believe that an individual must endeavor to assume the universalism inherent in the human condition. — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Let us strive for personal, practical integrity in every endeavor, regardless of how mundane or inconsequential it may seem. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
To endeavor all one's days to fortify one's mind with learning and philosophy, is to spend so much in armor that one… — Robert Dodsley Copy Share Image
Liberty of thought soon shrivels without freedom of expression. Nor can truth be pursued in an atmosphere hostile to the endeavor or… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
If you study the root causes of business disasters, over and over you'll find this predisposition toward endeavors that offer immediate gratification. — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
The bourgeoisie incites the workers of one nation against those of another in the endeavour to keep them disunited. — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
I ran the Boston Marathon out of love. I believe that love is the basis of all meaningful human endeavor. Yet it… — Bobbi Gibb Copy Share Image
Scobe's Tenth Law: In all endeavors, in all aspects of life, there are more horses asses than horses! — Frank Scoblete Copy Share Image
It is shameful that dancing should renounce the empire it might assert over the mind and only endeavor to please the sight. — Jean-Georges Noverre Copy Share Image
Success is a dangerous element in any endeavor. Embrace the struggle. Beware the achievement. For it steals your caution even as it… — Laurence Gonzales Copy Share Image
But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Thought makes the whole dignity of man; therefore endeavor to think well, that is the only morality. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Neither a pathology nor an index as such of moral default, stupidity is nonetheless linked to the most dangerous failures of human… — Avital Ronell Copy Share Image
Our true dignity consists — in thought. Thence we must derive our elevation, not from space or duration. Let us endeavor then… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I'm not sure Americans are hesitant to do this again - to fight another war, because it looked to them like a… — Ashleigh Banfield Copy Share Image
