Undertakes Quotes

55 Undertakes quotes by 43 unique authors

Labor, in itself, is neither elevating or otherwise. It is the laborer's privilege to ennoble his work by the aim with which he undertakes it,… — Lucy Larcom
If the devil cannot keep you from being saved, if next he fails to make you backslide, then he undertakes to keep you just an… — Vance Havner
Any court which undertakes by its legal processes to enforce civil liberties needs the support of an enlightened and vigorous public opinion which will be… — Robert H. Jackson
Whoever undertakes to create soon finds himself engaged in creating himself. Self-transformation and the transformation of others have constituted the radical interest of our century,… — Harold Rosenberg
Our position is such that we can be rescued from eternal death and translated into life only by total and unceasing substitution, the substitution which… — Karl Barth
We must strive for freedom if we strive for self-knowledge. The task of self-knowledge and of further self-development is of such importance and seriousness, it… — G I Gurdjieff
He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to… — Alexander Pope
It follows that any commander in chief who undertakes to carry out a plan which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forth… — Napoleon Bonaparte
A person who undertakes the study of Zen and learns concentration and meditation is like a gymnast. You become a gymnast of the mind. — Frederick Lenz
When a man has displayed talent in some particular path, and left all competitors behind him in it, the world are too apt to give… — Charles Caleb Colton
A valiant man Ought not to undergo, or tempt a danger, But worthily, and by selected ways, He undertakes with reason, not by chance. His… — Ben Jonson
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. — Albert Einstein
When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see,… — Robert A. Heinlein
An entrepreneur assumes the risk and is dedicated and committed to the success of whatever he or she undertakes. — Victor Kiam
In the United States, the majority undertakes to supply a multitude of ready-made opinions for the use of individuals, who are thus relieved from the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that matter, undertakes to say to… — Robert A. Heinlein
A person who undertakes to grow a garden at home, by practices that will preserve rather than exploit the economy of the soil, has his… — Wendell Berry
A woman who is self-reliant, positive, optimistic, and undertakes her work with the assurance of success magnetizes her condition. She draws to herself the creative… — Orison Swett Marden
When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness,… — Orison Swett Marden
There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when… — Orison Swett Marden
To my mind, an adventure is something a person willingly undertakes. — Nathaniel Philbrick
No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before. — Stephen Hawking
Success is not a place at which one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey. — Alex Noble
When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven, as it were, and from it the work that he desires to create… — Paracelsus
Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do. — Henry Drummond

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