Attainable Quotes

112 quotes by 101 authors

We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate… — Socrates
The loss of the religious understanding of the human conditionâ€”that Man is a fallen creature for whom virtue is necessary but never fully attainableâ€”is a… — Theodore Dalrymple
Impatience is a hindrance. As with all things if you attempt to take shortcuts, the final destination will rarely be as good and may even… — Chris Bradford
I was taught that everything is attainable if you are prepared to give up, to sacrifice, to get it. Whatever you want to do, you… — Stirling Moss
Equality is attainable as long as you are part of the majority. — William James
The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty. But there is a… — William H. Seward
Learn the difference between striving for excellence and striving for perfection. The first is attainable; the second is not. — Douglas Merrill
The popular mythology of creative genius depends on beloved stereotypes of the artist in youth and old age: the misunderstood upstart who forces us to… — Martin Filler
Only by restoring the broken connections can we be healed. Connection is health. And what our society does its best to disguise from us is… — Wendell Berry
Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? It's part of what the documentary is trying to… — Ethan Hawke
Set goals that are well balanced-not too many nor too few, and not too high nor too low. Write down your attainable goals and work… — M. Russell Ballard
Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left… — Garry Trudeau
The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain… — Edgar Allan Poe
Energy has to be fed from a source. If you don't feed the source, it dissipates entirely.Same is true of liking a boy. If you… — Adriana Trigiani
In a symbol there is concealment and yet revelation: here therefore, by silence and by speech acting together, comes a double significance. In the symbol… — Thomas Carlyle
If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The opening of a foreign trade, by making them acquainted with new objects, or tempting them by the easier acquisition of things which they had… — John Stuart Mill
The small share of happiness attainable by man exists only insofar as he is able to cease to think of himself. — Theodor Reik
Clearly, some creative thinking is badly needed if humans are to have a future beyond Earth. Returning to the Moon may be worthy and attainable,… — Paul Davies
I think objectivity is like this strange myth that people think you're supposed to achieve, but actually, the dirty little secret is that it's not… — Sebastian Junger

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