Futile Quotes

257 Futile quotes by 213 unique authors

The 'Inside-Out' approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of… — Stephen Covey
The guitar is a means of expressing music, When you get into the emotional side of it, then it's not the guitar that matters so… — Charlie Byrd
You will turn over many a futile new leaf till you learn we must all write on scratched-out pages. — Mignon McLaughlin
Inventive genius requires pleasurable mental activity as a condition for its vigorous exercise. "Necessity is the mother of invention" is a silly proverb. "Necessity is… — Alfred North Whitehead
Unjust laws have to be fought ideologically; they cannot be fought or corrected by means of mere disobedience and futile martyrdom. — Ayn Rand
It is futile to try to make the universe add up. But I guess we must go on anyhow. — Philip K. Dick
Consider whether fulfillment of the goal you have chosen will constitute success. What is success? If you possess health and wealth, but have trouble with… — Paramahansa Yogananda
In the Bible (Hebrews, 6:19), hope is ‘an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil.’ Here… — George Frederic Watts
The violence of war is random. It does not make sense. And many of those who struggle with loss also struggle with the knowledge that… — Chris Hedges
No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a… — Elizabeth Bowen
If we value so highly the dignity of life, how can we not also value the dignity of death No death may be called futile. — Yukio Mishima
We tend to suffer from the illusion that we are capable of dying for a belief or theory. What Hagakure is insisting is that even… — Yukio Mishima
Genuine faith is living knowledge, exact cognition, direct experience. For many centuries faith and belief have been confused, and now it takes great effort and… — Samael Aun Weor
If you see the humanity in the world, grains of sand that bring everything to a halt — it's corruption, clashes of egos, human factors… — Matthieu Ricard
Youth -- nothing else worth having in the world...and I had youth, the transitory, the fugitive, now, completely and abundantly. Yet what was I going… — Richard Halliburton
The Way of a Warrior is based on humanity, love, and sincerity; the heart of martial valor is true bravery, wisdom, love, and friendship. Emphasis… — Morihei Ueshiba
Action without study fatal. Study without action is futile.... — Mary Ritter Beard
Excellence without effort is as futile as progress without preparation. — William Arthur Ward
My brothers, seek counsel of one another, for therein lies the way out of error and futile repentance. The wisdom of the many is your… — Khalil Gibran
A mother's love is a sanctuary, Where our soul can find sweet rest, From the struggle and the tension, Of life's fast and futile quest. — Helen Steiner Rice
The animal testing regime... is utterly futile — Unknown Author
Words seem so futile, so feeble. You are all such lovely, beautiful people ... thank you. — Charlie Chaplin
It is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves. — Stephen Covey
Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive. — Charles R. Swindoll
The blackest despair that can take hold of any society is the fear that living honestly is futile. — Unknown Author

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