Attempts Quotes

526 quotes by 461 authors

Part of the reason that these attempts at explanation fail, I think, is that photographers, like all artists, choose their medium because it allows them… — Robert Adams
I am sure that one secret of a successful teacher is that he has formulated quite clearly in his mind what the pupil has got… — Alfred North Whitehead
It is legitimate and necessary to ask oneself if this is not perhaps part of a new ideology of evil, perhaps more insidious and hidden,… — Pope John Paul II
A great deal of the joy of life consists in doing perfectly, or at least to the best of one's ability, everything which one attempts… — William Matthews
This king governs without decapitation or corporal punishments. Criminals are simply fined, lightly or heavily, according to the circumstances. Even in cases of repeated attempts… — Faxian
One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one's ability. The smallest task, well done,… — Og Mandino
Hindu religion does not consist in struggles and attempts to believe a certain doctrine or dogma, but in realizing not in believing, but in being… — Swami Vivekananda
So long as men desire to live together, no man may initiate the use of physical force against others. . . . When a man… — Ayn Rand
Attempts to enforce by legal sanctions, acts obnoxious to so great a proportion of Citizens, tend to enervate the laws in general, and to slacken… — James Madison
I have learned that there lies dormant in the souls of all men a penchant for some particular musical instrument an an unsuspected yearning to… — Mark Twain
As for Israel, our friendship is rooted deeply in a shared history and shared values. Our commitment to Israel's security is unshakeable. And we will… — Barack Obama
Body and soul are not two different things, but only two different ways of perceiving the same thing. Similarly, physics and psychology are only different… — Albert Einstein
Look, it also attempts to poison our children, divide them from their parents and the teaching of the church and basically turn them into pawns… — E.W. Jackson
Expectations of goals and rewards (such as Enlightenment) are recognized for what they are: last-ditch attempts by the ghostly self to subvert the process to… — Stephen Batchelor
Controlling the position of one's body and keeping a straight back are not contemplation, but can in fact become an obstacle to contemplation. ...when leaving… — Namkhai Norbu
A law which attempts to say you can criticise and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar law… — Rowan Atkinson
I see my work as visual meditations on the human experience and my attempts to capture the thin, otherwordly realm I believe exists between what… — Kim Hunter
Faith is believing that the universe is on our side, and that the universe knows what it's doing. Faith is a psychological awareness of an… — Marianne Williamson
I've been in the entertainment industry since I was six-years-old ... As Charles Dickens says, 'It's been the best of times, the worst of times.'… — Michael Jackson
Our music has depth, and attempts philosophical thought and meaning with discussions of infinity, eternity and mortality. There is a line which people cross that… — David Gilmour

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