Attained Quotes

394 quotes by 295 authors

If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent all nations, kindreds… — Frederick Douglass
The things you need in life are those that will help you to fulfill your dominant purpose. Things you may want but not need may… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Those who are not capable of sinning are said that they have attained freedom. The knowledge of the Truth raises them even more. This makes… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov
In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and… — James Madison
A good government implies two things: first, fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the… — James Madison
The means ought to be proportioned to the end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected ought to possess the… — Alexander Hamilton
The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field - the object is attained - and it now… — George Washington
And so long as they were at war, their power was preserved, but when they had attained empire they fell, for of the arts of… — Aristotle
The visual is sorely undervalued in modern scholarship. Art history has attained only a fraction of the conceptual sophistication of literary criticism. Drunk with self-love,… — Camille Paglia
Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate feeling. Where imponderables,… — Edith Hamilton
Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes… — Charles Lindbergh
The practical man is the adventurer, the investigator, the believer in research, the asker of questions, the man who refuses to believe that perfection has… — Henry Harrower
Perfection can never be attained by work. — Swami Vivekananda
Perfection is not to be attained, it is already within us. — Swami Vivekananda
Guidance is not attained except with knowledge and correct direction is not attained except with patience. — Ibn Taymiyyah
I'm not unaware of the fact that probably my biggest audience is lesbians, and is probably the main reason why I've attained the success that… — Sharon Gless
Being on stage is a seductive lifestyle. My advice to aspiring actors is think twice. People sometimes go into acting for the wrong reasons -… — Chris Sarandon
If religious instruction were not allowed until the child had attained the age of reason, we would be living in a quite different world. — Christopher Hitchens
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained. — Man Ray
I never go back and listen to the recorded document. The thrill comes when the balance can be attained. Everyone in the room can have… — Thurston Moore

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