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Attain the unattainable. -- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Attain deliverance in disturbances. -- Kyongho
Attain utmost emptiness. Abide in steadfast stillness. -- Laozi
Ordinary People Attain Extraordinary Success - You Can Too! -- Ernie J Zelinski
Attain to the place where no one and no thing can disturb you. -- Lester Levenson
Dear Teens at Starbucks wearing 'Abstain from Sex 2 Attain Ur Goals' t-shirts: Doesn't it depend on what my goals are? -- John Green
Eating, drinking, sleeping a little laughter ! much weeping! Is that all ? Do not die here like a worm. Wake up! Attain immortal bliss! -- Sivananda
Attain and maintain a reputation, for it is the usufruct of fame. A stiff climb, for it is the issue of excellence, as rare as mediocrity is common. -- Baltasar Gracian
All that spirits desire, spirits attain. -- Khalil Gibran
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd. -- Miguel de Cervantes
If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it. -- William James
Anything you really want, you can attain, if you really go after it. -- Wayne Dyer
It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain. -- Don DeLillo
The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free. -- Baruch Spinoza
I have nothing to hide in art. The initial force alone can bring anyone to the end he must attain. -- Paul Cezanne
It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite. -- Soren Kierkegaard
The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule. -- Miguel de Unamuno
Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain. -- Douglas Coupland
Belief is nothing but a more vivid, lively, forcible, firm, steady conception of an object, than what the imagination alone is ever able to attain. -- David Hume
A man can only attain knowledge with the help of those who possess it. This must be understood from the very beginning. One must learn from him who knows. -- George Gurdjieff
Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics. -- Maimonides
The highest service that men may attain to on earth is to preach the word of God. This service falls peculiarly to priests, and therefore, God more directly demands it of them. -- John Wycliffe
The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living. -- Thabo Mbeki
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. -- Mario Andretti
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. -- Mario Andretti
St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the Divine. That is why all pre-Christian philosophy is theological at its summit. -- Hans Urs von Balthasar
Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit. -- Bear Bryant
Clean water and access to food are some of the simplest things that we can take for granted each and every day. In places like Africa, these can be some of the hardest resources to attain if you live in a rural area. -- Marcus Samuelsson
To attain inner peace you must actually give your life, not just your possessions. When you at last give your life - bringing into alignment your beliefs and the way you live then, and only then, can you begin to find inner peace. -- Peace Pilgrim
The advocates of abortion on demand falsely assume two things: that women must suffer if the lives of unborn children are legally protected; and that women can only attain equality by having the legal option of destroying their innocent offspring in the womb. -- Robert Casey
A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends. -- Henry A. Wallace
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty, and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for the United States' independence, cannot die. Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower all of us to rebuild Haiti. -- Jean-Bertrand Aristide
I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success. -- Wilbur Wright
Meditation is not the construction of something foreign, it is not an effort to attain and then hold on to a particular experience. We may have a secret desire that through meditation we will accumulate a stockpile of magical experiences, or at least a mystical trophy or two, and then we will be able to proudly display them for others to see. -- Sharon Salzberg
Why don't more women attain enlightenment? -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Resolutely train yourself to attain peace. -- Gautama Buddha
Resolutely train yourself to attain peace -- Gautama Buddha
You can attain your highest potential. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Men must sweat to attain virtue. -- Hesiod
In true love, you attain freedom. -- Nhat Hanh
Simplicity is not so simple to attain. -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The aspiration to attain goals overcomes death -- Sunday Adelaja
To want is more than to attain. -- Georgiana Goddard King
You would attain to the divine perfection. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
You cannot attain to charity except through humility. -- Saint Augustine
Love can attain what the intellect cannot fathom. -- Meher Baba
If you want to attain peace, live peacefully -- Gil Fronsdal
By persistent labor man may attain to all excellence. -- Demosthenes
You'll never attain it unless you know the feeling. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
God approves our life if we attain His goals. -- Sunday Adelaja
Wisdom is the highest position a man can attain! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it. -- Petrarch
When we are centered in joy, we attain our wisdom. -- Marianne Williamson
Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain. -- John Milton
One just soul can attain pardon for a thousand sinners. -- Margaret Mary Alacoque
Set not thyself to attain much rest, but much patience. -- Thomas a Kempis
TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results. -- Andrew Carnegie
Lucidity's task: to attain a correct despair, an Olympian ferocity. -- Emile M. Cioran
Controlling the mind is the way to attain internal harmony. -- Mata Amritanandamayi
When you attain to an egoless emptiness great creativity happens. -- Rajneesh
Equality would be a heaven, if we could attain it. -- Anthony Trollope
One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it. -- Nicolas Malebranche
Impassioned characters never attain their mark till they have overshot it. -- Sophie Swetchine
Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain. -- George Orwell
Till we attain immortality, all life will remain just an illusion! -- Mehmet Murat ildan
Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power. -- Madame de Stael
What signifies the ladder, provided one rise and attain the end? -- Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain beauty. -- Muriel Barbery
The only people who attain power are those who crave it. -- Erich Kastner
My happiness is marred only by my failure to attain it. -- Mary Ruefle
Until we realise ourselves as the Absolute, we cannot attain to deliverance. -- Swami Vivekananda
If we restrict liberty to attain security we will lose them both. -- Benjamin Franklin
There is a certain perfection in accident which we never consciously attain. -- Henry David Thoreau
Some shall reap that never sowAnd some shall toil and not attain. -- Madison Cawein
I expect the best and with God's help will attain the best. -- Norman Vincent Peale
Do not be afraid of perfection - you will never attain it. -- Salvador Dali
Unless you really understand others, you can hardly attain your own self-understanding. -- Miyamoto Musashi
Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds. -- Elie Wiesel
The free mind, unafraid of labor, presses on to attain the good. -- Laura Cereta
Whenever we attain a higher vision, the lower vision disappears of itself. -- Swami Vivekananda
The fears of old age disturb us, yet how few attain it? -- Jean de la Bruyere
Fools may have the greatest repository of knowledge but will never attain Wisdom. -- Caleb
Most do violence to their natural aptitude, and thus attain superiority in nothing. -- Baltasar Gracian
Appearance should never attain reality, And if nature conquers, then must art retire. -- Friedrich Schiller
By attempting the impossible one can attain the highest level of the possible. -- August Strindberg
You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom. -- Herbie Hancock
In handling resources, strive to avoid disaster rather than to attain an optimum. -- Butler Lampson
Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. -- Helen Keller
The highest that a man can attain is to be able to do. -- G. I. Gurdjieff
Robots may gradually attain a degree of 'self-awareness' and consciousness of their own. -- Michio Kaku
Expect the best, not the worst, and you will attain your heart's desire. -- Norman Vincent Peale
Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. -- Dorothy Parker
I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind. -- Martin Scorsese
To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Imagine yourself in a parallel universe. Imagined? Now either attain or forget it. -- Alexander Zalan
No creature can attain a higher grade of nature without ceasing to exist. -- Ananda Coomaraswamy
If you can attain repose and calm, believe that you have seized happiness. -- Jeanne Julie Eleonore de Lespinasse
In making tactical dispositions, the highest pitch you can attain is to conceal them. -- Sun Tzu
If you cannot attain knowledge without torturing a dog, you must do without knowledge. -- George Bernard Shaw
The hardest thing to attain... is the appreciation of difference without insisting on superiority. -- George Saintsbury
And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment. -- Bodhidharma
To attain knowledge, add things every day To attain wisdom, remove things every day -- Laozi
The highest that we can attain to is not Knowledge, but Sympathy with Intelligence. -- Henry David Thoreau
Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression. -- Theodore Kaczynski
We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection. -- Saint Francis de Sales
Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible -- William Arthur Ward
To attain Buddhahood ... we must scatter this life's aims and objects to the wind. -- Milarepa
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who can't attain it in anything. -- Eugene Delacroix
Sometimes the only difference between those who attain and those who don't is perseverance. -- Dutch Sheets
Since we cannot attain unto it, let us revenge ourselves with railing against it. -- Michel de Montaigne
Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men. -- Ptolemy
One doesn't have to be religious to lead a moral life or attain wisdom. -- Allan Lokos
The painter who has no doubt about his own ability will attain very little. -- Leonardo da Vinci
As a drummer, you're always fighting for a level that you never quite attain. -- Damien Chazelle
We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence. -- Alan Cohen
Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace. -- Homer
It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success. -- T.I.
It is the heart and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The purpose of battle is to attain the greatest heights within your own limits. -- Yukito Kishiro
A thought can prompt. Words can stir. But it takes action to attain a dream. -- Richelle E. Goodrich

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