Attempt Quotes

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It was my last act of love (first words to her mother in the hospital after her first major suicide attempt) — Sylvia Plath
I imagined a psychic pain growing inside him (myself) that demanded some physical outlet. Suicide must have been his attempt to give Pain a body,… — Phillip Lopate
There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to end it. — Arthur Koestler
Ere long intelligence-transmitted without wires-will throb through the earth like a pulse through a living organism. The wonder is that, with the present state of… — Nikola Tesla
Our purpose is to be able to measure the intellectual capacity of a child who is brought to us in order to know whether he… — Alfred Binet
It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an… — Archibald Alexander
We can get so much out of golf. I know I have, and I'd like to see the same for you. Golf is the game… — George Knudson
In order to win, you must play your best golf when you need it most, and play your sloppy stuff when you can afford it.… — Bobby Jones
To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being more. — John C. Maxwell
The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself. — Joseph Sobran
Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart. — Ezra Taft Benson
To analyze the charms of flowers is like dissecting music; it is one of those things which it is far better to enjoy, than to… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman
On his attempt at the Edmonton Oilers empty net: I guess they respect my shot because they were all ready at the blue line. — Patrick Roy
The object of leadership may be stated as having a system whereby a leader recognizes what is good for the good of the government, for… — Arleigh Burke
Her pleasure in the walk must arise from the exercise and the day, from the view of the last smiles of the year upon the… — Jane Austen
I have been advised by the best medical authority, at my age, not to attempt to give up alcohol. — W.C. Fields
It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important. — Francis Ford Coppola
Dancing is a very crude attempt to get into the rhythm of life. — George Bernard Shaw
The institution of marriage is just formalizing an emotion, an attempt to make it seem permanent. The emotion will last or it won't last; nothing… — Joyce Carol Oates
The whole history of these books (i.e. the Gospels) is so defective and doubtful that it seems vain to attempt minute enquiry into it: and… — Thomas Jefferson

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