"A society which reverences the attainment of riches……" — R. H. Tawney

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• Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge… — Mary Astell
• Sinn Fein has the potential and capacity to become the vehicle for the attainment of republican objectives. — Gerry Adams
• The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the… — Bhumibol Adulyadej
• Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able… — Joseph Campbell
• Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. — Miguel de Cervantes
• The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of… — George Washington
• You cannot do without one specialty. You must have some base-line to measure the work and attainments of others. For… — Louis Agassiz
• The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace. — Ludwig von Mises
• I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I demand… — Napoleon Hill
• If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of… — Niccolo Machiavelli
• If you throw away all thoughts of attainment, you will then come to see the real purpose of your quest. — Seungsahn
• The rarest attainment is to grow old happily and gracefully. — Lydia M. Child

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