Attempt Quotes

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Every addiction is an attempt to slay hope. — Dan B. Allender
Prisoner of War guard companies, or an equivalent organization, should be as far forward as possible in action to take over prisoners of war, because… — George S. Patton
Hope encourages men to endure and attempt everything; in depriving them of it, or in making it too distant, you deprive them of their very… — Maurice de Saxe
If Al Gore loses his brazen attempt to win on the dimples, one reason will be that he finally convinced enough Republicans to fight like… — Paul Gigot
The more you surrender to the fear of someone's disapproval, the more you lose face in your own eyes, and the more desperate you become… — Nathaniel Branden
I often think of my work as visual haiku. It is an attempt to evoke and suggest through as few elements as possible rather than… — Michael Kenna
I have odd thumbs that are extremely flexible. I can bend them quite far down the back side of my hand, basically the opposite side… — Laura Mennell
Perhaps worse still is what liberal societies might do to themselves in the face of this new and different threat [of terrorism]. They begin, by… — A.C. Grayling
It is very difficult to know exactly what good should come out of a particular situation. To attempt to manipulate circumstances so your idea of… — Neem Karoli Baba
To ward off disease or recover health, people as a rule find it easier to depend on healers than to attempt the more difficult task… — Rene Dubos
My art and my self-expression in any form has always been an attempt towards sincerity, honesty, and empathy for others.Â For a multitude of reasons both… — Alice Glass
Your cable television is experiencing difficulties. Please do not panic. Resist the temptation to read or talk to loved ones. Do not attempt sexual relations,… — Matt Groening
Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward — Thomas A. Edison
Prayer had always struck me as more or less a glorified attempt at a business transaction. — Barbara Kingsolver
For most of us even the imagined threat of criticism functions to control our behavior. We are haunted to some degree by questions about our… — Robert D. Hare
Fairies: Nature's attempt to get rid of soft boys by sterilizing them. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I would rather have as my patron a host of anonymous citizens digging into their own pockets for the price of a book or a… — John Updike
We who follow Christ are men and women of eternity. We must put no confidence in the passing scenes of the disappearing world. We must… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Whether you like the label 'Anthropocene' or not, whether you find the prospect of what it signifies inevitable or appalling (or both), the time has… — David Quammen
Every Age has its own peculiar faith. Any attempt to translate into facts the mission of one Age with the machinery of another, can only… — Giuseppe Mazzini

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