"We must always aim for the impossible; if……" — Dorothy Day
"We must always aim for the impossible; if we lower our goal, we also diminish our effort."
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Dorothy Day
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107 Quotes by Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day has 107 quotes on this site.
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The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
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Tradition! We scarcely know the word anymore. We are afraid to be either proud of our ancestors or ashamed of…
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What we would like to do is change the world - make it a little simpler for people to feed,…
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If I have achieved anything in my life, it is because I have not been embarrassed to talk about God.
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It is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions....
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Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and…
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When you love people, you see all the good in them, all the Christ in them.
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Turn off your radio. Put away your daily paper. Read one review of events a week and spend some time…
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Paperwork, cleaning the house, dealing with the innumerable visitors who come all through the day, answering the phone, keeping patience…
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What I want to bring out is how a pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all…
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It is only through religion that communism can be achieved, and has been achieved over and over.
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Where were the saints to try to change the social order, not just to minister to the slaves, but to…
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More Aim Quotes
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of…
— Benigno Aquino III
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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
— David Attenborough
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
— Jane Austen
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The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment…
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social…
— Jacques Barzun
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