Undertaken Quotes

129 Undertaken quotes by 120 unique authors

Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth;… — Socrates
The air is an extremely dangerous, jealous and exacting mistress. Once under the spell most lovers are faithful to the end, which is not always… — Winston Churchill
What We want is to make it possible for our unfortunate people to live a life of industry for it is by steady work alone… — Theodor Herzl
A war undertaken and brazenly carried for the perpetual enslavement of the colored men, calls logically and loudly for the colored men to help suppress… — Frederick Douglass
For action, whatever its immediate purpose, also implies relief at doing something, anything, and the joy of exertion. This is the optimism that is inherent… — Blaise Cendrars
Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the… — William Bradford
For we must consider that we shall be as a City upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us. Soe that if… — John Winthrop
In the decade of the 1980s, a massive and comprehensive study of religion in American life was undertaken by the Gallup organization. The results of… — R C Sproul
Theology is a serious quest for the true knowledge of God, undertaken in response to His self-revelation, illumined by Christian tradition, manifesting a rational inner… — John Stott
That day the U.S. announced that the dollar would be devalued by 10 percent. By switching the yen to a floating exchange rate, the Japanese… — Paul Volcker
It is one of the great weaknesses of reasonable men and women that they imagine that projects which fly in the face of commonsense are… — Margaret Thatcher
Since the age of 15 poetry has been my ruling passion and I have never intentionally undertaken any task or formed any relationship that seemed… — Robert Graves
Conservatism is the tacit acknowledgement that all that is finally important in human experience is behind us; that the crucial explorations have been undertaken, and… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Without harmony in the State, no military expedition can be undertaken; without harmony in the army, no battle array can be formed. — Sun Tzu
Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too! — Mariella Frostrup
Thought control, like birth control, is best undertaken as long as possible before the fact. — Richard Mitchell
To see, and to show, is the mission now undertaken by Life. — Henry R. Luce
Not to understand the doer is to have no certain knowledge of what has been done, or why it was undertaken — Philip Wylie
Every work undertaken in obedienced to a divine command, whether the work be that form of conflict with the powers of darkness that we call… — Amy Carmichael
Had it been published by a voice from heaven, that twelve poor men, taken out of boats and creeks, without any help of learning, should… — Stephen Charnock
Peace, however, is not merely a gift to be received: it is also a task to be undertaken. In order to be true peacemakers, we… — Pope Benedict XVI
The difficult and risky task of meeting and mastering the new . . . is not undertaken by the vanguard of society but by its… — Eric Hoffer
Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with which investment could be undertaken, discouraging investors. — Lucas Papademos
It stands, essentially, for the application of increased energy to the efforts already undertaken by my ministry since 1934 with the results shown in the… — Hjalmar Schacht
Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms. — Earl Warren

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