Attaining Quotes
143 quotes by 128 authors
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Give me the comma of imperfect striving, thus to find zest in the immediate living. Ever the reaching but never the gaining, ever the climbing…
— Winston Graham
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This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of…
— Adam Weishaupt
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Whether in the workplace or in personal relationships, success belongs to those who are willing to take responsibility for attaining their desires-those who respond to…
— Nathaniel Branden
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If your men grow weary of the work or balk at obedience, you must bear with them. Get what you can gently from them. True,…
— Vincent de Paul
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I am persuaded that I shall obtain the highest amount of present happiness, I shall do most for God’s glory and the good of man,…
— Robert Murray M'Cheyne
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Self-doubt is common, but when it impedes you from attaining your goals it’s time to take action. This book shows you how to move beyond…
— Lois P Frankel
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A sense of contentment is a key factor for attaining happiness
— Dalai Lama
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One way for attaining Bhakti is by repeating the name of God a number of times. Mantras have effect: the mere repetition of words.... To…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Since attaining the full use of my reason no one has ever heard me laugh.
— Lord Chesterfield
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Mr. Darwin refers to the multitude of the individual of every species, which, from one cause or another, perish either before, or soon after attaining…
— Richard Owen
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World War II was fought for the abolition of racial exclusiveness, equality of nations and the integrity of their territories, liberation of enslaved nations and…
— Joseph Stalin
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There are many who want me to tell them of secret ways of becoming perfect and I can only tell them that the sole secret…
— Saint Francis de Sales
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Even the lucky ones, who do manage to become happy by attaining their goals, live each day in fear of losing whatever it is they…
— Frederick Lenz
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We live in a world of careers. Work, as Sri Krishna points out in the Bhagavad Gita, is a necessary path for everyone attaining enlightenment.…
— Frederick Lenz
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Many priests and employees at temples work for pay. No one should judge religion on the basis of the shortcomings of such workers. We should…
— Mata Amritanandamayi
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I conceived from the outset a strong objection to Zionism. I considered it immoral that immigrants should come from abroad with the avowed intention of…
— Muhammad Asad
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To ensure attaining an objective, one should have alternate objectives. An attack that converges on one point should threaten, and be able to diverge against…
— B. H. Liddell Hart
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We are undoing a pattern... It's the human pattern: we project onto the world a zillion possibilities of attaining resolution.
— Pema Chodron
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Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point of no longer…
— Saint Francis de Sales
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In the Bhagavad-Gita, a book that I revere and respect, it's indicated that even women, along with animals, are capable of attaining enlightenment.
— Frederick Lenz
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