Avails Quotes

20 quotes by 17 authors

The value of culture is its effect on character. It avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that. Its use is for life. Its aim… — W. Somerset Maugham
A man passes for that he is worth. What he is engraves itself on his face, on his form, on his fortunes, in letters of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or… — Ida B. Wells
Life only avails, not the having lived. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The artist should fear to become the slave of detail. He should strive to express his thought and not the surface of it. What avails… — Albert Pinkham Ryder
What avails a storm cloud accurate in form and color if the storm is not therein? — Albert Pinkham Ryder
How loved, how honored once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot A heap of dust alone remains of thee 'Tis all… — Alexander Pope
When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his… — Confucius
The American motion picture is the greatest unconscious carrier of propaganda in the world today. It is a great distributor for ideas and opinions. The… — Edward Bernays
Of all the gods, Death only craves not gifts: Nor sacrifice, nor yet drink-offering poured Avails; no altars hath he, nor is soothed By hymns… — Aeschylus
... if a man prays God for some virtue, and at the same time gives himself up to negligence, acquiring no definite means to gain… — Lorenzo Scupoli
There cannot be self-restraint in the absence of desire: when there is no adversary, what avails thy courage? Hark, do not castrate thyself, do not… — Rumi
Right faith is of necessity required for Baptism, since it is said: "the justice of God is by faith in Jesus Christ" (Romans 3:22) ...… — Thomas Aquinas
Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not. — Pierre Corneille
We are celebrating the feast of the Eternal Birth which God the Father has borne and never ceases to bear in all eternity... But if… — Meister Eckhart
Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to change this substantially avails us nothing. — Franz Liszt
Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his… — Jose Marti
Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold,… — George Meredith
Love feels no burden, regards not labors, strives toward more than it attains, argues not of impossibility, since it believes that it may and can… — Thomas P Kempis

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