The finest minds seem to be formed rather by efforts at original thinking, by endeavours to form new combinations, and to discover… — Thomas Malthus Copy Share Image
No human endeavour can ever be wholly good... it must always have a cost. — William Golding Copy Share Image
I am of the opinion that all who can should vote for the most intelligent, honest, and conscientious men eligible to office,… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
In south west Lancashire, babies don't toddle, they side-step. Queuing women talk of 'nipping round the blindside'. Rugby league provides our cultural… — Colin Welland Copy Share Image
We can't control whether we are rewarded for our endeavours, with cash or recognition. It is not up to us how much… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I came to the resolve that the attempt was not only worth trying, but should be tried in the very near future… — James Stephens Copy Share Image
The student who would build his knowledge on solid foundations, and proceed by just degrees to the pinnacles of truth, is directed… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It ought to be the first endeavour of a writer to distinguish nature from custom; or that which is established because it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know… — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
If everything is smooth sailing right from the beginning, we cannot become people of substance and character. By surmounting paining setbacks and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The story of scientific discovery has its own epic unity-a unity of purpose and endeavour-the single torch passing from hand to hand… — Alfred Noyes Copy Share Image
Ever so often in the history of human endeavour, there comes a breakthrough that takes humankind across a frontier into a new… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
If each and everyone endeavours to cooperate and work in as much as his capacity permits, our faith rests upon the Almighty… — Haile Selassie Copy Share Image
It is clear, from these considerations, that the three methods of classifying mankind-that according to physical characters, according to language, and according… — Franz Boas Copy Share Image
All of us have to ensure that our future generations lead a life of peace, dignity and mutual respect. We need to… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
In my serious work I am striving for the essence of things and for goals which are possibly unobtainable. On the other… — Philippe Halsman Copy Share Image
Humanity has always conquered the flux of natural time by means of a rhythm between active and passive time-spans. To reconquer his… — Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Copy Share Image
Our efforts in chess attain only a hundredth of one percent of their rightful result... Our education, in all domains of endeavour,… — Emanuel Lasker Copy Share Image
For me, it's just a normal artistic endeavour to explore the dark side. Certainly, I'm not alone in it. Artists generally don't… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
I am not a speaker nor a preacher. I have no mission to change the world. I have no original words or… — Mooji Copy Share Image
In Islamic belief, knowledge is two-fold. There is that revealed through the Holy Prophet (s.a.s.) and that which man discovers by virtue… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
His Majesty's Government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their… — Arthur Balfour Copy Share Image
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. The acknowledgment of those virtues on which conscience congratulates us is… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
