Attain Quotes

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Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we… — Vince Lombardi
But one thing this doctrine, so clean, so venerable, does not contain: it does nto contain the secret of what the Sublime One himself experienced,… — Hermann Hesse
The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever you parry, hit,… — Miyamoto Musashi
Mom said that people are interested in birds only in as much as they exhibit human behavior - greed and stupidity and anger - and… — Douglas Coupland
Only a soul full of despair can ever attain serenity and, to be in despair, you must have loved a good deal and still love… — Blaise Cendrars
Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. — Dorothy Parker
...I suddenly felt in myself all the weight of Europe: the weight of deliberate purpose in all our actions. I thought to myself, 'How difficult… — Muhammad Asad
A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others… — Confucius
A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he does… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Millions of our citizens do not now have a full measure of opportunity to achieve and to enjoy good health. Millions do not now have… — Harry S. Truman
By the experience of active love. Strive to love your neighbour actively and indefatigably. In as far as you advance in love you will grow… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
It is not by believing but by doubting that one can attain to the truth, which is ever changing form and condition. — Augusto Roa Bastos
Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest. — Emile Zola
In true love, you attain freedom. — Nhat Hanh
the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing:… — Nikos Kazantzakis
Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task,… — Helen Keller
The order that our mind imagines is like a net, or like a ladder, built to attain something. But afterward you must throw the ladder… — Umberto Eco
To dwell in the here and now does not mean you never think about the past or responsibly plan for the future. The idea is… — Nhat Hanh
He was always striving to attain it. The life that was so swiftly expanding within him, urged him continually toward the wall of light. The… — Jack London
To attain something desired is to discover how vain it is; andâ€¦though we live all our lives in expectation of better things, we often at… — Arthur Schopenhauer

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