Futile Quotes

257 Futile quotes by 213 unique authors

Since biological change occurs slowly and cultural changes occur in every generation, it is futile to try to explain the fleeting phenomena of culture by… — Unknown Author
It would be futile to attempt to fit women into a masculine pattern of attitudes, skills and abilities and disastrous to force them to suppress… — Arianna Huffington
We remain unnecessarily worried. All worries are futile because that which is going to happen is going to happen. — Rajneesh
When our new armies are ready it seems folly to send them to Flanders, where they will chew barbed wire, or be wasted in futile… — H. H. Asquith
I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was twenty-six. Religion offered nothing to the point. Even work could not give me complete satisfaction. Work… — Henry Ford
Americans of all ages, all stations in life, and all types of disposition are forever forming associations. There are not only commercial and industrial associations… — Alexis de Tocqueville
What plan for the regulation of the militia may be pursued by the national government is impossible to be foreseen...The project of disciplining all the… — Alexander Hamilton
We are here speaking in open disapproval of that false system of philosophy, not so long ago introduced, by which, because of an extended and… — Pope Gregory XVI
How futile are words in the ears of those who mourn. — Helen Keller
I like to watch mankind in its futile attempt to understand the unknown, when they don't even understand that which they know — Terrence Howard
Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen. — Arianna Huffington
Ultimately, 'how's it going?' is the most futile and the most profound of questions. To answer it precisely, one would have to make a scrupulous… — Pascal Bruckner
The effort to untangle the human words from the divine seems not only futile to me but also unnecessary, since God works with what is.… — Barbara Brown Taylor
If family violence teaches children that might makes right at home, how will we hope to cure the futile impulse to solve worldly conflicts with… — Letty Cottin Pogrebin
It is odd to watch with what feverish ardour Americans pursue prosperity, ever tormented by the shadowy suspicion that they might not have chosen the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
It is futile for us to try to serve God without the power of the Holy Spirit. Talent, training, and experience cannot take the place… — Warren W. Wiersbe
Human beings will continue to deceive and overpower one another. Basically, everyone exists in the very nature of suffering, so to abuse or mistreat each… — Dalai Lama
[I] learned ... that friends are a good source of food and soul when one has not yet gotten the hang of cooking or living… — Marya Hornbacher
We have tried everything to get rid of suffering. We have gone everywhere to get rid of suffering. We have bought everything to get rid… — Gangaji
We have thought of peace as passive and war as the active way of living. The opposite is true. War is not the most strenuous… — Mary Parker Follett
Women are often belittled for trying to resurrect these men and bring them back to life and to love. They are in a world that… — Bell Hooks
Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another. — Anne Sullivan Macy
The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They are… — Emile Durkheim
This message (that attempting to beat the market is futile) can never be sold on Wall Street because it is in effect telling stock analysts… — Paul Samuelson
Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile. — Stephen Covey

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