Undertaking Quotes

150 quotes by 136 authors

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out. — Jorge Luis Borges
To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy. — Emile M. Cioran
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
Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything. — Martin Luther
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
The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking — Samuel Johnson
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
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
[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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
I am now . . . on a subject, which fills me with inexpressible concern . . . . But as it has been a… — George Washington
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
Lasting harmony with a woman (was) an undertaking in which I twice failed rather disgracefully. — Albert Einstein

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