Attempt Quotes

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Every human life is precious in God's sight and no effort should be spared in the attempt to promote throughout the world a genuine respect… — Pope Benedict XVI
Get the facts. Let's not even attempt to solve our problems without first collecting all the facts in an impartial manner. — Dale Carnegie
In the shower, with the hot water coming down, you've left the real world behind, and very frequently things open up for you. It's the… — Woody Allen
What people sometimes interpret as quirky is my attempt to subvert the concept of luxury by introducing elements that are considered ordinary or commonplace. — Miuccia Prada
Every single one of us possesses the strength to attempt something he isn't sure he can accomplish. — Scott Jurek
While people are often content to criticize and blame others for what goes wrong, surely we should at least attempt to put forward constructive ideas.… — Dalai Lama
Washington's is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name… — Abraham Lincoln
You can be as earnest and ridiculous as you need to be, if you don't attempt it in isolation. The ridiculously earnest are known to… — Barbara Kingsolver
Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental indigestion. — Etty Hillesum
Countless people have attempted to define the absolute power of the world of nature. Some praise it as god, some call it the Buddha, others… — Koichi Tohei
If the Deseret News is careful not to offend [Nazi] Germany, and I gather that it is falling backwards on the attempt, it is my… — Fawn M. Brodie
True memoir is written, like all literature, in an attempt to find not only a self but a world — Patricia Hampl
One of the symptoms of a declining social order is that its members have to give most of their time to politics, rather than to… — Bernard Crick
Halloween was banned in Haddonfield and I think that the basic idea was that if you tried to suppress something, it would only rear its… — Dennis Etchison
The Holy Spirit makes us aware of our lack of holiness to stimulate us to deeper yearning and striving for holiness. But Satan will attempt… — Jerry Bridges
A need for approval lies behind all efforts of evangelism. If someone else can be convinced, that will show us that we are on the… — Ravi Ravindra
The alternative to forgiveness, but by no means its opposite, is punishment, and both have in common that they attempt to put an end to… — Hannah
For me words still possess their primitive, mystical, incantatory powers. I am inclined to use them as part of an attempt to make my own… — Ingrid Bengis
A blanket attempt to avoid mistakes is the biggest mistake of all. — Steve McConnell
Most people fail at whatever they attempt because of an undecided heart. Should I? Should I not? Go forward? Go back? Success requires the emotional… — Andy Andrews

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