Vain Quotes

986 Vain quotes by 692 unique authors

True peace of mind can be obtained only when one is personally awakened to the stark-naked fact that every effort is ultimately in vain. — Zenkei Shibayama
We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must… — Thurgood Marshall
All attempts, then, for mortification of any lust, without an interest in Christ, are vain. — John Owen
People have fought in vain about the names and lives of their saviors, and have named their religions after the name of their savior, instead… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Either still I find Some imperfection in the chosen theme, Or see of absolute accomplishment Much wanting, so much wanting, in myself, That I recoil… — William Wordsworth
Chains tie us down by land and sea; And wishes, vain as mine, may be All that is left to comfort thee. — William Wordsworth
The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and fame. The world… — Winston Churchill
The highest reach of a news-writer is an empty Reasoning on Policy, and vain Conjectures on the public Management. — Jean de la Bruyere
When you're up against a trouble, meet it squarely, face to face. Lift your chin and set your shoulders, plant your feet and take a… — Edgar Guest
You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of… — Ronald Reagan
Everywhere and always, since its very inception, Christianity has turned the earth into a vale of tears; always it has made of life a weak,… — Emma Goldman
To dazzle let the vain design, To raise the thought and touch the heart, be thine! — Alexander Pope
Rough wind, the moanest loud Grief too sad for song; Wild wind, when sullen cloud Knells all the night long; Sad storm, whose tears are… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Shakespeare knew the human mind, and its most minute and intimate workings, and he never introduces a word, or a thought, in vain or out… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I, too, often shrivel the grey shreds,Sniff them and think and sniff again and tryOnce more to think what it is I am remembering,Always in… — Edward Thomas
Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain. — Khalil Gibran
This is a very superficial job. I sit in a chair for two hours and get hair and makeup done and talk about myself in… — Selena Gomez
Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is life's true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for… — Franz Grillparzer
Like other men, I have sought honours and preferment, and often have obtained them beyond my wishes or hopes. Yet never have I found in… — Francesco Guicciardini
All speech is vain and empty unless it be accompanied by action. — Demosthenes
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. — Emily Dickinson
To become Christ-like is the only thing in the whole world worth caring for, the thing before which every ambition of man is folly and… — Henry Drummond
Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a… — Henry Van Dyke
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

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