Attempts Quotes

526 quotes by 461 authors

We need to take a less narrow look at our childrenâ€™s problems and, instead, see them as windows of opportunityâ€”a way of exploring and understanding… — Stanley Greenspan
Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world. — Stephen Gardiner
The Compromise of 1850 provided that the prohibition of slavery should be left up to the individual States, thus thwarting the Canaanites in their attempts… — Eustace Mullins
Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else. — Hermann Hesse
Capitalism can no more be 'persuaded' to limit growth than a human being can be 'persuaded' to stop breathing. Attempts to 'green' capitalism, to make… — Murray Bookchin
Aggression is simply another name for government. Aggression, invasion, government, are interconvertible terms. The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control. He… — Benjamin Tucker
He who attempts to control another is a governor, an aggressor, an invader; and the nature of such invasion is not changed, whether it is… — Benjamin Tucker
Briefly, the State is that organization in society which attempts to maintain a monopoly of the use of force and violence in a given territorial… — Murray Rothbard
Willpower should be understood to be the strength of the mind, which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity. Â It is… — Ramana Maharshi
When a man attempts to deal with me by force, I answer him, by force. — Ayn Rand
A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort, or enslaves him, or attempts to limit the freedom of his mind, or… — Ayn Rand
A performer may be taken in by his own act, convinced at the moment that the impression of reality which he fosters is the one… — Erving Goffman
Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death… — Zygmunt Bauman
Music and love are the only accomplishments of humanity which do not, in an absolute sense, have to be called attempts with unsuitable means. — Georg Simmel
There are endless treasures of grace waiting for those who will make even the most feeble attempts to pray. The weakest prayers yield grace. — Paul Washer
The regenerating Spirit is compared to the wind. His first attempts on the soul may be so secret that the creature knows not whence they… — William Gurnall
One of our chief needs as creative beings is support. Â Unfortunately, this can be hard to come by. Â Ideally, we would be nurtured… — Julia Cameron
In the Bible (Hebrews, 6:19), hope is â€˜an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.â€™ Here… — George Frederic Watts
How often do we sigh for opportunities for doing good, whilst we neglect the openings of Providence in little things, which would frequentlyÂ lead to… — George Crabbe
If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal. — Fidel Castro

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