Endeavour Quotes

179 quotes by 138 authors

The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general welfare and happiness; the endeavour… — Annie Besant
My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did. — Jack Black
First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety. — David Brainerd
The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our endeavour to build… — Alvar Aalto
In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect, and I loathe the wicked without… — Giacomo Casanova
Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour. — Martin Amis
One man should not be afraid of improving his posessions, lest they be taken away from him, or another deterred by high taxes from starting… — Niccolo Machiavelli
It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as from a rock;… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one natural impulse, rather than the… — Charles Darwin
If we range through the whole territory of nature, and endeavour to extract from each department the rich stores of knowledge and pleasure they respectively… — Joseph Paxton
The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error. But science is… — Karl Popper
The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given… — Samuel Johnson
[My Book] will endeavour to establish the principle[s] of reasoning in ... [geology]; and all my geology will come in as illustration of my views… — Charles Lyell
Thus science strips off, one after the other, the more or less gross materialisations by which we endeavour to form an objective image of the… — James Clerk Maxwell
When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours… — Joseph Addison
[In research on bacteria metabolism] we have indeed much the same position as an observer trying to gain an idea of the life of a… — Marjory Stephenson
Attitude is tremendously important in chasing success - in any field of endeavour. That's why I believe talent alone will get you very little in… — Jim Stynes
In fact, whenever energy is transmitted from one body to another in time, there must be a medium or substance in which the energy exists… — James Clerk Maxwell
A free man, who lives among ignorant people, tries as much as he can to refuse their benefits. .. He who lives under the guidance… — Baruch Spinoza
Any one who wishes to become a good writer should endeavour, before he allows himself to be tempted by the more showy qualities, to be… — Henry Watson Fowler

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