Undertaking Quotes
150 quotes by 136 authors
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My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out.
— Jorge Luis Borges
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To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy.
— Emile M. Cioran
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to…
— Samuel Johnson
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Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
— Martin Luther
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Tempus never left a problem for another to solve. Tempus never let the pain or difficulty of an undertaking persuade him not to pursue a…
— Janet Morris
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The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking
— Samuel Johnson
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I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory! Good luck!…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The greatest events occur without intention playing any part in them; chance makes good mistakes and undoes the most carefully planned undertaking. The world's greatest…
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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[Decoding the human genome sequence] is the most significant undertaking that we have mounted so far in an organized way in all of science. I…
— Francis Collins
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This position will not be disputed, so long as it is admitted that the desire of reward is one of the strongest incentives of human…
— Alexander Hamilton
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We have seen too much defeatism, too much pessimism, too much of a negative approach. The answer is simple: if you want something very badly,…
— Margo Jones
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An undertaking of great magnitude and importance, the successful accomplishment of which, in so comparatively short a period, notwithstanding the unheard of unestimable difficulties and…
— John By
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[There is] a duty in refusing to cooperate in any undertaking that violates the Constitutional rights of the individual. This holds in particular for all…
— Albert Einstein
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One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. To live a visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable. I…
— Dorothea Lange
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I still cannot fathom how difficult it was for the women I met to find out that they were HIV-positive. It is such a courageous…
— Gabriel Byrne
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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
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A diversity of approaches is necessary if there is to be a good chance of hitting on one that works. Progress is a social undertaking…
— Richard Posner
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I am now . . . on a subject, which fills me with inexpressible concern . . . . But as it has been a…
— George Washington
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Dear Sir: I will wish to establish my name as the best Ethiopian songwriter. But I am not encouraged in undertaking this as long as…
— Stephen Foster
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Lasting harmony with a woman (was) an undertaking in which I twice failed rather disgracefully.
— Albert Einstein
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