Attempting Quotes

314 quotes by 293 authors

I find it more enjoyable investing time doing what pleases me, rather than wasting precious time attempting to please everyone else. — Greg Reid
The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech, nor by speech itself. The resources of the graphic art are… — John Wesley Powell
The greatest mistake physicians make is that they attempt to cure the body without attempting to cure the mind, yet the mind and the body… — Plato
Sometimes you can defuse a difficult situation simply by being willing to understand the other person. Often all that people need is to know that… — Brian Tracy
Attempting to identify with the sourceÂ is an idea.Â You are already that. — Mooji
English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the other results. — H. Beam Piper
Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the… — Orson Pratt
I can think of nothing more gallant, even though again and again we fail, than attempting to get at the facts; attempting to tell things… — Peter Viereck
The most common mistake we make as teachers is attempting to tell our students too much. — Robert H. Frank
This situation, where men rally to the defense of a doctrine they are unable to define scientifically, much less demonstrate with scientific rigor, attempting to… — W. R. Thompson
The world doesnâ€™t fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. And the act of writing is strangely… — Betsy Lerner
In approaching our subject it will be best, without attempting to shorten the path by referring to famous theories of the drama, to start directly… — Andrew Coyle Bradley
While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring,… — Daisaku Ikeda
You think of yourselves as humans searching for a spiritual awakening, when in fact you are spiritual beings attempting to cope with a human awakening.… — Neale Donald Walsch
Only the impossible is worth attempting. In everything else one is sure to fail. — Celia Green
Pornography is pornography, what is there to see? Movies are attempting to destroy something that's supposed to be the most beautiful thing a man and… — Nancy Reagan
It is my sincere opinion that our precious time on earth should not be spent attempting to justify unbelievable acts of cruelty, death, and disease… — David G. McAfee
Although attempting to bring about world peace through the internal transformation of individuals is difficult, it is the only way. — Dalai Lama
There is no use in running before you are sent; there is no use in attempting to do God's work without God's power. A man… — Dwight L. Moody
The calf scramble will be during both rodeo performances and consist of children attempting to catch and halter several loose calves. If a child succeeds,… — Kim Carnes

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