Attempt Quotes

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Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly under some degree… — George Eliot
SIREN, n. One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade Odysseus from a life on the ocean wave. Figuratively, any lady… — Ambrose Bierce
I have never seen one who really loves goodness or one who really hates wickedness. One who really loves goodness will not place anything above… — Confucius
"I am appalled at the prospect of using water as a vehicle for drugs. Fluoride is a corrosive poison that will produce serious effect on… — Charles Bernhard Heyd
Previous to this time I had never even a balloon except from a distance. Being interested in their construction, I was about to institute a… — George Armstrong Custer
I sat there beside him till morning - and as I watched his face in the starlight, then the first ray of the sun on… — Ayn Rand
Poetry being an attempt to express, not the common sense, - as the avoirdupois of the hero, or his structure in feet and inches, -… — Marsilio Ficino
The American states have gone far in assisting the progress of truth; but they have stopped short of perfection. They ought to have given every… — Noah Webster
A choral dance: an attempt to impose upon a chance gathering of a few dozen guests a communal feeling. — Curt Sachs
Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect… — Wilbur Smith
True power is not in trying to gain power; true power is in becoming power. But how to become power? It requires an attempt to… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
What we attempt to do is not without danger. What we attempt to do may not succeed. But it is right and it is just.… — Kate Mosse
Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention. — Joyce Appleby
Golf is a terrible, hopeless addiction, it seems: it makes its devotees willing to trudge miles in any manner of weather, lugging a huge, incommodious… — Mike Seabrook
We should not forget that the spark which ignited the American Revolution was caused by the British attempt to confiscate the firearms of the colonists. — Patrick Henry
And yet because of my attempt at sincerity I have been condemned, hooted at, reviled; filthy rumors have been circulated about me, not about my… — Erich von Stroheim
Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five… — Jonathan Swift
In my opinion, Jesus is God's attempt to reach man. But while I believe Jesus is the way to God, it makes no sense to… — Jerry B. Jenkins
I think it's better to attempt something and fail than it is to not even attempt it, so I'm glad that I've been prepared to… — Ian Thorpe
Hold on to your own ideal. . . . Above all, never attempt to guide or rule others, or, as the Yankees say, "boss" others.… — Swami Vivekananda

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