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Undertakings Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
- The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to learn from books the present state of human knowledge; that…
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- When Heaven is about to confer a great office on a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews… — Mencius
- But what most astonishes me in the United States, is not so much the marvelous grandeur of some undertakings, as the innumerable… — Alexis de Tocqueville
- The control and understanding of our personal fears is one of the most important undertakings of our lives. — Helen Mirren
- Marriage is a fight to the death, before which the wedded couple ask a blessing from heaven, because it is the rashest… — Honore de Balzac
- Fear can be one of the most destructive emotions. It is, of course, also very important, in that fear sometimes stops you… — Helen Mirren
- To have a good friend is one of the highest delights in life; to be a good friend is one of the… — Ritu Ghatourey
- I think that my strong determination for justice comes from the very strong, dynamic personality of my father ... I have rarely… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- It is to escape the responsibility for failure that the weak so eagerly throw themselves into grandiose undertakings. — Eric Hoffer