Attempt Quotes

1586 Attempt quotes by 1192 unique authors

Too vast is Man and too imponderable his nature. Too varied are his talents, and too inexhaustible his strength. Beware of those who attempt to… — Mikhail Naimy
She looked at her own past, and, for the first time, she forgave herself: it hadn't been her fault, but the fault of that insecure… — Paulo Coelho
Disgust relies on moral obtuseness. It is possible to view another human being as a slimy slug or a piece of revolting trash only if… — Martha C. Nussbaum
Much of living is an attempt to preserve oneself by annexing and occupying others. — Janet Frame
But hey, what's life without a little adversity?" That had to have been the fakest attempt at optimism since my fourth grade teacher tried reasoning… — Alexandra Bracken
I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. You’ve got to make a sincere… — Lou Holtz
As soon as I arrived I made an attempt to find my host but the two or three people of whom I asked his whereabouts… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I have been made to learn that the doom and burden of our life is bound forever on man’s shoulders; and when the attempt is… — Robert Louis Stevenson
You put together two people who have not been put together before. Sometimes it is like that first attempt to harness a hydrogen balloon to… — Julian Barnes
In an attempt to make things easier for myself, which is the basis for all of history's worst decisions [...]. — Tina Fey
The great enemy of any attempt to change men's habits is inertia. Civilization is limited by intertia. — Edward Bernays
We can't define anything precisely. If we attempt to, we get into the paralysis of thought that comes to philosophers... one saying to the other:… — Richard P. Feynman
Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to… — Carl Sagan
Philosophy is man’s expression of curiosity about everything and his attempt to make sense of the world primarily through his intellect. — Alan Watts
He'd kill for her, destroy for her, savage anyone who dared attempt to take her from him. And he would never let her go...even if… — Nalini Singh
The life of grace is not an effort on our part to achieve a goal we set ourselves. It is a continually renewed attempt simply… — Robert Farrar Capon
You’re a terrible liar, Sage, but I’m still touched you’d attempt it for my sake. A for effort. — Richelle Mead
There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them. — Andre Gide
Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority. — R C Sproul
He was making a brave attempt, but Jason could see the sadness lingering in his eyes. Something had happened to him... something to do with… — Rick Riordan
Time is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past, even… — Charles Caleb Colton
If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail. — Seneca the Younger
It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're… — Wally Amos
Each failure to sell will increase your chances for success at your next attempt. — Og Mandino
One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual… — Jimmy Carter

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