Undertake Quotes
226 quotes by 186 authors
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To desire to write poems that endure-we undertake such a goal certain of two things: that in all likelihood we will fail, and if we…
— Donald Hall
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My advice to you is not to undertake the spiritual path. It is too difficult, too long, and is too demanding. I suggest you ask…
— Chogyam Trungpa
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Because operators are based thousands of miles away from the battlefield, and undertake operations entirely through computer screens and remote audio feed, there is a…
— Philip Alston
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Great men undertake great things because they are great; fools, because they think them easy.
— Luc de Clapiers
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In 1840 I was called from my farm to undertake the administration of public affairs and I foresaw that I was called to a bed…
— John Tyler
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How have people come to be taken in by The Phenomenon of Man? We must not underestimate the size of the market for works of…
— Peter Medawar
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Wherever God may keep you at any time, from there itself must you undertake the pilgrimage to God-realization. In all forms, in action and non-action…
— Anandamayi Ma
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The strategic initiatives we propose to undertake as part of our plan over the next few years position us well to lead this evolution.
— Azim Premji
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My motto is very personal and may not fit anyone else or any other company. It is: Don't do anything that someone else can do.…
— Edwin Land
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation. Be not apt to relate news, if you know not the truth thereof.…
— George Washington
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Of all the journeys to undertake, the one of self-compassion is one of utmost importance for long-term well-being.
— Anne Foy
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We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided.
— Phillips Brooks
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Every man is equally entitled to protection by law. But when the laws undertake to add... artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges—to…
— Andrew Jackson
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What is the nature of the search? you ask. Really it is very simple, at least for a fellow like me; so simple that it…
— Walker Percy
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Once the war began, the government could do anything 'necessary' to win it; so it was with the 'final solution of the Jewish problem,' which…
— Milton Mayer
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I will undertake to prove that the present corn laws have been detrimental to the public, without being beneficial to the agricultural interest.
— Joseph Hume
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In 1972 I married again, to Elisabeth Case; she continues to be wife, companion, critic and editor: a partner in the projects and programs that…
— Douglass North
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To see for themselves what the United States has been willing to undertake in the name of freedom. We should all visit Normandy. We should…
— Fatos Nano
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Scientific corporations might well become almost independent states and be enabled to undertake their largest experiments without consulting the outside world - a world which…
— John Desmond Bernal
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Consider the idea of a God who is essentially sadness and longing, yearning to reveal himself, to know himself through a being who knows him,…
— Henry Corbin
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