Quotes of: Attempting Keyword

I'm starting to understand that attempting to be perfect has been the goal of my life. Our lives. Attempting to be this fault-free, smiling person in this loving, happy family that fits so perfectly in this pretty, inoffensive little town. What was s...

Golden Boy

Admiral Ackbar: You can see here, the Death Star orbiting the forest moon of Endor. Although, the weapon systems on this Death Star or not yet operational, the Death Star does have a strong defense mechanism. It is protected by an energy shield which...

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Prayer is your attempt to bring your will and desires in line with God’s will.

A Dad After God's Own Heart

...it is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done.

Equal Rites

I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.

Foucault's Pendulum

...Myths aren’t fairy tales or legends—they’re an honest attempt to explain mysteries...

A Familiar Rain

Nothing [...] will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome.

The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Every sin is an act of cosmic treason, a futile attempt to dethrone God in His sovereign authority.

The Holiness of God

This book is written in a barren period of loss with an attempt to move forward towards substance.

Behind the Hospital

What is the relation between Christianity and modern culture; may Christianity be maintained in a scientific age? It is this problem which modern liberalism attempts to solve.

John Gresham Machen

In the '70s and '80s there was an attempt in K-12 to teach science through art or art through science. The challenge today is how do you build the ethos of art and design into the academy of science.

John Maeda

Serving and attempting to inspire others is a responsibility, not a choice.

Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love

It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.

The Sufis

The key question, it seemed to him, was that of whether man was to obey Nature, or attempt to command her.

The Spider's House

To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape.

The Magus

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

Measure for Measure

The present is an eternal attempt to separate the past from the future.

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Every attempt through history to limit the definition of humanity has been a prelude to the subjugation, degradation, and slaughter of innocents.

Nexus

I am swimming in a sea of words, attempting to keep my head above water.

The Little Silkworm

Let me out Aphador.' Penteluck said smoothly. 'So you can attempt to run away, I think not.

The Spirit Master

Life is just repeated attempts at trying to do better.

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