Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea. — Tom T. Hall Copy Share Image
He that sees another in error and endeavors not to correct it, testifies himself to be in error. — Pope Leo I Copy Share Image
Chess reflects the real world in miniature. Endeavor, struggle, success, and defeat - they are part of each game ever played. — Bruce Pandolfini Copy Share Image
I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher,… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Whoever would fully and feelingly understand the words of Christ, must endeavor to conform his life wholly to the life of Christ. — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
“A positive anything however small is something towards your goal. It's better than nothing.” — Dr. Jacinta Mpalyenkana, Ph.D, MBA Copy Share Image
Movies are very expensive endeavors, and my first film was not particularly a money-maker. Quite the opposite. — Roman Coppola 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
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
We look for some reward of our endeavors and are disappointed that not success, not happiness, not even peace of conscience, crowns… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of either force… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
People who want to improve should take their defeats as lessons, and endeavor to learn what to avoid in the future. You… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
The future mathematician ... should solve problems, choose the problems which are in his line, meditate upon their solution, and invent new… — George Polya Copy Share Image
The paradox: there can be no pilgrimage without a destination, but the destination is also not the real point of the endeavor.… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
“The saying goes that history repeats itself; personal histories do the same. We can gather the lessons of others’ lives through observation,… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
... no young colored person in the United States today can truthfully offer as an excuse for lack of ambition or aspiration… — Mary Church Terrell Copy Share Image
In my 45-year career as an investment counselor, humility did show me the need for worldwide diversification to reduce risk. That career… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
... I pray... that you may discern your affairs in a manner pleasing to God and may so act and endeavor that… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“I don't like this war. I don't like the cold-blooded scheming at the beginning and the carnage at the end and the… — Dorothy Dunnett Copy Share Image
Life is infinite energy coupled with limitless creative imagination. It is the invisible essence and substance of every visible form. Its nature… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
Often, those with the most to lose as a result of a poor policy move are the most vulnerable and most marginalized.… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors. — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
Part of our good consists in the endeavor to do sorrows away, and in the power to sustain them when the endeavor… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
A self-conscious society will therefore endeavor to limit sect forming by providing for the widest possible diffusion of secular knowledge. — Edward Alsworth Ross Copy Share Image
The true remedy for most evils is none other than liberty, unlimited and complete liberty, liberty in every field of human endeavor. — Gustave de Molinari Copy Share Image
A busy schedule can be difficult, but I have the best husband on the planet. He supports my endeavors, and we work… — Jane Leeves Copy Share Image
Comedians dissect jokes all the time. Comedians are beautiful structuralists. But ultimately it's an athletic endeavor. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I endeavor to trigger positive, empowering, life-giving emotion - I believe art is that powerful. — Gary Holland Copy Share Image
I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended,… — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share Image
The student of Liberty must constantly endeavor to disassociate his imagination from sanguinary dramas of assassination and revolt. — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
The bad are frequently good enough to let you see how bad they are, but the good as frequently endeavor to get… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
All art is in the last analysis an endeavor to condense as out of the flying vapor of the world an image… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
The Statist has constructed a Rube Goldberg array of laws and policies that have institutionalized his objectives. His success breeds confidence in… — Mark Levin Copy Share Image
Doing actual comedic material is just about the most joyful endeavor ever. That's the truth. The only time it's not funny is… — Julia Louis-Dreyfus Copy Share Image
These days people are much more aware that mathematics is a communal endeavor: even the most brilliant idea gets meaning only from… — Dusa McDuff Copy Share Image
