Attempting Quotes

314 quotes by 293 authors

..The past is only an unreliable memory held in the present. The future is only a projection of our present conceptions. The present itself vanishes… — Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
As we go forward in attempting to control bump drafting in those areas, there's going to be some very subjective calls being made. That's the… — John Nelson Darby
On June 14, 1998, I pushed off under quiet gray skies from Nags Head, N.C, in the American Pearl, a 23 foot long boat made… — Tori Murden
There is no use in one person attempting to tell another what the meaning of life is. It involves too intimate an awareness. A major… — Ira Progoff
While I generally find that great myths are great precisely because they represent and embody great universal truths, the myth of romantic love is a… — M. Scott Peck
By attempting the impossible one can attain the highest level of the possible. — August Strindberg
This deliberately nurtured hatred then spreads to all that is alive, to life itself, to the world with its colors, sounds, and shapes, to the… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
There is little sense in attempting to change external conditions, you must first change inner beliefs, then outer conditions will change accordingly. — Bryan Adams
Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new. — Anthony de Mello
Attempting to understand consciousness with your mind, is like trying to illuminate the sun with a candle... — Mooji
When I'm gone, people will no doubt remember me for Queen, but I would much rather be remembered for attempting to change the way we… — Brian May
After many months of writing, it occured to me that it might be possible to photograph, in the flesh, what I was attempting to capture… — Wright Morris
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.' You won't believe what you can accomplish by attempting the impossible with the… — Samuel Beckett
I often compare my method of working to that of a well-meaning freed woman in a Northern state who is attempting to delineate the horrors… — Kara Walker
I'm a dreamer and continue to dream of what can and will be, "Expecting great things from God, Attempting great things for God — William Carey
Ego is constantly attempting to acquire and apply the teachings of spirituality for its own benefit. — Chogyam Trungpa
Most people use their energy attempting to rearrange circumstances that trigger painful emotions. Changing external circumstances will not change your rigid patterns of emotional response.… — Gary Zukav
If you attempt to beat a man down and to get his goods for less than a fair price, you are attempting to commit burglary,… — Henry Ward Beecher
The is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But… — Winston Churchill
It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible. — Arthur Machen

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