--- title: "18 Man Attain Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 18 Man Attain quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Man Attain sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_highest_wisdom-is-the-highest-position-a-man-can_1831320.jpg" --- > [Wisdom is the highest position a man can attain!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/wisdom-is-the-highest-position-a-man-can-attain/) [Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_highest_wisdom-is-the-highest-position-a-man-can_1831320.jpg) > [No man can attain to the knowledge of God but by humility. The way to mount high is to descend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-of-assisi/no-man-can-attain-to-the-knowledge-of-god-but-by-humility-the-way-to/) [Giles of Assisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-of-assisi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/giles-of-assisi-240002_catholic_no-man-can-attain-to-the-knowledge-of-go_2172408.jpg) > [By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demosthenes/by-persistent-labor-man-may-attain-to-all-excellence/) [Demosthenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demosthenes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/demosthenes-11463_excellence_by-persistent-labor-man-may-attain-to-al_276023.jpg) > [It has never been given to a man to attain at once his happiness and his salvation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-peguy/it-has-never-been-given-to-a-man-to-attain-at-once-his-happiness-and/) [Charles Peguy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-peguy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0f/charles-peguy-18276_given_it-has-never-been-given-to-a-man-to-atta_1809011.jpg) > [A happy life is impos­si­ble; the best that a man can attain is a heroic life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/a-happy-life-is-impos-si-ble-the-best-that-a-man-can-attain-is-a/) [Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/arthur-schopenhauer-226_happy-life_a-happy-life-is-impos-si-ble-the-best-th_1592355.jpg) > [To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-allan-poe/to-vilify-a-great-man-is-the-readiest-way-in-which-a-little-man-can/) [Edgar Allan Poe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-allan-poe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97e/edgar-allan-poe-315_great-man_to-vilify-a-great-man-is-the-readiest-wa_10836.jpg) > [The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-i-gurdjieff/the-highest-that-a-man-can-attain-is-to-be-able-to-do/) [G. I. Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-i-gurdjieff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d19/g-i-gurdjieff-11640_able_the-highest-that-a-man-can-attain-is-to_2338110.jpg) > [A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gurdjieff/a-man-can-only-attain-knowledge-with-the-help-of-those-who-possess-it/) [George Gurdjieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gurdjieff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66f/george-gurdjieff-65842_beginning_a-man-can-only-attain-knowledge-with-the_2870100.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-attain/#itemlist", "name": "Man Attain Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Wisdom is the highest position a man can attain!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mehmet Murat Ildan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/wisdom-is-the-highest-position-a-man-can-attain/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_highest_wisdom-is-the-highest-position-a-man-can_1831320.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_highest_wisdom-is-the-highest-position-a-man-can_1831320.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_highest_wisdom-is-the-highest-position-a-man-can_1831320.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Wisdom is the highest position a man can attain!” — Mehmet Murat Ildan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No man can attain to the knowledge of God but by humility. 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