Undertakings Quotes
50 quotes by 43 authors
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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge,…
— John Galsworthy
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But what most astonishes me in the United States, is not so much the marvelous grandeur of some undertakings, as the innumerable multitude of small…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Say what we may of the inadequacy of translation, yet the work is and will always be one of the weightiest and worthiest undertakings in…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings of our lives.
— Helen Mirren
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Few secret undertakings ever did any nation any good.
— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.
— Sophie Swetchine
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Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.
— Giacomo Leopardi
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Marriage is a fight to the death, before which the wedded couple ask a blessing from heaven, because it is the rashest of all undertakings…
— Honore de Balzac
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Useful undertakings which require sustained attention and vigorous precision in order to succeed often end up by being abandoned, for, in America, as elsewhere, the…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
— John Galsworthy
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Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.
— Euripides
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It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.
— Eric Hoffer
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Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
— Samuel Johnson
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Before embarking on important undertakings sit quietly calm your senses and thoughts and meditate deeply. You will then be guided by the great creative power…
— Paramahansa Yogananda
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There is something wonderful about a book. We can pick it up. We can heft it. We can read it. We can set it down.…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all…
— Edgar Allan Poe
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Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in…
— Andre Maurois
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This is the very ecstasy of love, whose violent property ordoes itself and leads the will to desperate undertakings.
— William Shakespeare
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Fear can be one of the most destructive emotions. It is, of course, also very important, in that fear sometimes stops you from doing stupid…
— Helen Mirren
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In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure.
— Lee Iacocca
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