Attempt Quotes

1586 quotes by 1192 authors

I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself… — Iris Chang
Authority is something from which we are constantly subtracting, of which there remains always a residue, and which we attempt to make smaller and smaller. — Federica Montseny
I had eventually come to understand that friendship was a delicate, gradual process that mustnâ€™t be rushed or seized upon but allowed and encouraged to… — Daniel Tammet
I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded, how it grew… — Bruce Catton
Stop trying to change the world since it is only the mirror. Manâ€™s attempt to change the world by force is as fruitless as breaking… — Neville Goddard
We attempt to define a person, the most commonplace person we know, but he will not submit to bounds; some unexpected beauty of nature breaks… — Charlotte Mason
June 17, 1972. Nine o'clock Saturday morning. Early for the telephone. Woodward fumbled for the receiver and snapped awake. The city editor of the Washington… — Carl Bernstein
The question is still asked of women: 'How do you propose to answer the need for child care?' That is an obvious attempt to structure… — Jean Baker Miller
True courage is the willingness to fully experience whatever you are feeling at the moment. You can attempt to run from your emotions, but eventually… — Brandon Bays
So far as I know, there were no pains taken to preserve secrecy on this subject; that is, I saw no attempt made to keep… — Maria Monk
The weird thing is that I hate to fly, and the quote that I give people is that every time I get off a plane,… — Barry Sonnenfeld
Any attempt to capture the direct experience of the nature of mind in words is impossible. The best that can be said is that it… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
You don't want to block your thoughts, emotions, and so on; nor do you want to chase after them. If you chase after them, if… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Never attempt to accelerate your progress — Doug Hepburn
Everything Brecht wroteâ€”plays, dialogues, and poetryâ€”was his attempt to clarify the inner contradictions not only of the capitalism and fascism of his times, but also… — Richard Foreman
There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream. — Laurence Overmire
What moved me, in the first instance, to attempt a work like this, was the discomfort and suffering which I had seen brought upon men… — Isabella Beeton
Love yourself and realize that whatever you attempt to achieve in Life is a direct reflection of you.... — Joe Greene
Mathematics is the most exact science, and its conclusions are capable of absolute proof. But this is so only because mathematics does not attempt to… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Bullies are always cowards. — Swami Vivekananda

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