Attempt Quotes

1586 Attempt quotes by 1192 unique authors

I could not bear the deep freeze settling around my bones at the thought that yet another attempt to get out of my life alive… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
You cheated!” He looked at her, wide-eyed with feigned outrage. “I beg your pardon. If you were a man, I would call you out for… — Sarah MacLean
I long ago abandoned the notion of a life without storms, or a world without dry and killing seasons. Life is too complicated, too constantly… — Kay Redfield Jamison
There are books which one should not attempt before having passed the age of forty. — Marguerite Yourcenar
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. — Albert Einstein
Izzy," said Jace, as they neared the pond, and she jumped up and spun around. Her smile was dazzling. "Jace!" She flew at him and… — Cassandra Clare
Philosophy is "an unusually stubborn attempt to think clearly. — William James
She'd tell me how she'd handle the backhanded compliment by smiling and pretending she was receiving a genuine compliment all the while ignoring their attempt… — Portia de Rossi
I understand you, and I shall not attempt to make you change your mind. I am too old to want to improve the world. I… — Milan Kundera
Death cannot be struggled against, brother. It ever arrives, defiant of every hiding place, of every frantic attempt to escape. Death is every mortal's shadow,… — Steven Erikson
He wanted her. He knew where to find her. He waited. It amused him to wait, because he knew that the waiting was unbearable to… — Ayn Rand
If you fail to report within the next 12 hours. you will be terminated. If you attack any humans, you will be terminated. If you… — Kiersten White
Man is simply playing by nature's rules,and art is man's attempt to imitate the beauty of the Creator's hand — Dan Brown
But between the images, we are privy to the real-life action being played out on the set. Peeta's attempt to continue speaking. The camera knocked… — Suzanne Collins
Attempt to be creative for the joy it brings… Select something like music, dance, sculpture, or poetry. Being creative will help you enjoy life. It… — Richard G. Scott
Yes, I'm often reminded of her, and in one of my array of pockets, I have kept her story to retell. It is one of… — Markus Zusak
The intensive and concerted effort to exclude references to religion or God from public places is an attack on our founding principles. It's an attempt… — Mark Levin
I believe in hope, in what is something called ”radical hope.” I believe there is hope for all of us, even amid the suffering. And… — John Green
Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He copies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line. He’s convinced that… — Pablo Picasso
The key isn't winning -- or losing, it's making the attempt. I may never be what I ought to be, want to be -- but… — Chris Claremont
If you but knew the flames that burn in me which I attempt to beat down with my reason. — Alexander Pushkin
There are certain verses in the Quran which convey injunctions similar to the following: 'Kill them wherever you find them.' (2:191) Referring to such verses,… — Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Despair is the result of each earnest attempt to go through life with virtue, justice and understanding, and to fulfill their requirements. Children live on… — Hermann Hesse
God. Twice I speak it. I say His name in a futile attempt to understand. "But it's not your job to understand." That's me who… — Markus Zusak
A thing there was that mattered; a thing, wreathed about with chatter, defaced, obscured in her own life, let drop every day in corruption, lies,… — Virginia Woolf

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