Attempting Quotes

314 quotes by 293 authors

Real Christians revel in desperate ventures for Christ, expecting from God great things and attempting the same with exhilaration. — Charles Studd
Pride takes innumerable forms but has only one end: self-glorification. Thatâ€™s the motive and ultimate purpose of prideâ€”to rob God of legitimate glory and to… — C. J. Mahaney
I began attempting to write for children under the mistaken assumption that writing for children was easy. — Robin Hobb
There is little difference between the Zulu warrior who smeared bis body with lion's fat and the modern woman who dabs hers with expensive perfume.… — Tom Robbins
Myths are about the human struggle to deal with the great passages of time and life--birth, death, marriage, the transitions from childhood to adulthood to… — Michael Shermer
The Jews are one of the principle forces attempting to lead the U.S. into the war. The Jews greatest danger to this country lies in… — Charles Lindbergh
For my part, I rather distrust men or concerns that rise up with the speed of rockets. Sudden rises are sometimes followed by equally sudden… — B. C. Forbes
The earth is attempting to rid itself of an infection by human parasite. — Richard Preston
Attempting to liberate the oppressed without their reflective participation in the act of liberation is to treat them as objects that must be saved from… — Paulo Freire
In my work, I am not attempting to predict the future. Â I am only pointing out what is possible with the intelligent application and… — Jacque Fresco
At the same time, it is obvious that clinicians in Haiti are faced with different, and, in fact, greater, challenges when attempting to treat complications… — Paul Farmer
Toward the aborigines of the country no one can indulge a more friendly feeling than myself, or would go further in attempting to reclaim them… — Andrew Jackson
I think my work has to do with a sense that we are attempting, all the time, to create a logical, rational path through the… — Billy Collins
Balancing a nominal budget will solve nothing, and attempting to achieve such a spurious balance will produce much mischief. — William Vickrey
Serving and attempting to inspire others is a responsibility, not a choice. — Bill Courtney
Healing is simply attempting to do more of those things that bring joy and fewer of those things that bring pain — O. Carl Simonton
What I'm attempting in each picture is nothing other than this...to bring together in a living and viable way, the most different and the most… — Gerhard
Mathematics may be likened to a large rock whose interior composition we wish to examine. The older mathematicians appear as persevering stone cutters slowly attempting… — Howard Whitley Eves
Capitalismâ€™s biggest political enemies are not the firebrand trade unionists spewing vitriol against the system but the executives in pin-striped suits extolling the virtues of… — Raghuram Rajan
The whole world, myself included, seem to have one thing in common; we're just a crowd of people who don't really fit in anywhere attempting… — Andrew McMahon

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