Attain Quotes
688 Attain quotes by 485 unique authors
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What manner of mind considers this holy estate [pregnancy] which women are privileged by the Almighty to attain as a slur upon the social conscience?
— Grantly Dick-Read
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We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence.
— Alan Cohen
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To attain our aim we should stop at nothing even if we must join forces with the devil.
— Adolf Hitler
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Stravinskys music, hard, cold, unsentimental, enormously brilliant and virtuous, was now the favorite of my postadolescence. In a different way it achieved the hard, cold,…
— George Antheil
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Now I begin to be a disciple. Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts, broken bones, dismemberment come upon me, so long as I attain…
— Ignatius of Antioch
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There are people who prefer to say ‘Yes’, and there are people who prefer to say ‘No’. Those who say ‘Yes’ are rewarded by the…
— Keith Johnstone
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I know not how to defeat others, I only know how to win over myself. The real and most dangerous opponents we face in life…
— Chris Bradford
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We spend all our youth chasing money, and when we attain it, we spend all our money chasing youth.
— Unknown Author
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For knowledge is not given as gift...but through study...The free mind, not afraid of labor, presses on to attain the good.
— Laura Cereta
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Unchecked pride evolves into swagger, a hypnotizing mask of insecurity that can and does compromise our ability to make progress and attain power. Pride stands…
— Jason Whitlock
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The purpose of battle is to attain the greatest heights within your own limits.
— Yukito Kishiro
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Be humble in order to attain enlightenment. Thus, after attaining it, be more humble still.
— Samael Aun Weor
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Science condemns itself to failure when, yielding to the infatuation of the serious, it aspires to attain being, to contain it, and to possess it;…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Bahá'í marriage is union and cordial affection between the two parties. They must, however, exercise the utmost care and become acquainted with each other's character.…
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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To attain eternal happiness one must suffer. He who has reached the state of self-sacrifice has true joy. Temporal joy will vanish.
— Abdu'l-Bahá
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Unless you really understand others, you can hardly attain your own self-understanding.
— Miyamoto Musashi
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The fastest way to attain courage is to follow the chosen Way and be willing to abandon life itself for the sake of justice.
— Mas Oyama
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Justice requires lawyers who are prepared, witnesses who tell the truth, judges who know the law, and jurors who stay awake. Justice is the North…
— Paul Levine
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The pursuit of holiness is a joint venture between God and the Christian. No one can attain any degree of holiness without God working in his…
— Jerry Bridges
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People who have no secrets from each other never want for a subject of conversation. They do not weigh their words, for there is nothing…
— Francois Fenelon
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The limitations that we can see of the sexual description of reality are very apparent. Very few men attain enlightenment, even fewer women.
— Frederick Lenz
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If you persist in trying to attain what is never attained (It is Tao's gift), if you persist in making effort to obtain what effort…
— Zhuangzi
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Even if we are occupied with important things and even if we attain honour or fall into misfortune, still let us remember how good it…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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It is only through love that we can attain to communion with God. All living knowledge of God rests upon this foundation: that we experience…
— Albert Schweitzer
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Whenever we attain a higher vision, the lower vision disappears of itself.
— Swami Vivekananda
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