Attempt Quotes

1586 Attempt quotes by 1192 unique authors

Anyone who would attempt the task of felling a virgin forest with a penknife would probably feel the same paralysis of despair that the reformer… — Ellen Key
I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not of… — William Godwin
To Kiss : An attempt to absorb the essence of the other person. — Giacomo Casanova
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from… — George Henry Borrow
For at least the past 65 years, liberalism has been nothing if not an attempt to strike a balance between the needs of the community… — Unknown Author
Marriage vows in an objectivist church would probably run along the lines of "Do you promise to attempt to dominate and subdue this woman until… — Unknown Author
Action is an attempt to substitute a more satisfactory state of affairs for a less satisfactory one. We call such a willfully induced alteration an… — Ludwig von Mises
There are many types of emotional abuse but most is done in an attempt to control or subjugate another person. Emotional abuse is like brainwashing… — Beverly Engel
One may always attempt as much insight, love, freedom of thought and expression, justice and tolerance as possible for oneself and the very few people… — Hakim Bey
Non-violence is backed by the theory of soul-force in which suffering is courted in the hope of ultimately winning over the opponent. But what happens… — Bhagat Singh
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

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