Quotes with attain

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  • Smiley Blanton The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent.
    Smiley Blanton
    American psychoanalyst (1882 - 1966)
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  • Samuel Johnson There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Abraham Cowley There is some help for all the defects of fortune; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter.
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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  • Samuel Johnson Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bhagavad Gita Those who consciousness is unified abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace. But those whose desires are fragmented, who are selfishly attached to the results of their work, are bound in everything they do.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • P. T. Barnum Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.
    P. T. Barnum
    American showman and circus operator (1810 - 1891)
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  • Bayard Taylor Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Peace Pilgrim 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
    American activist, mystic and pacifist
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • George Bernard Shaw We are the living graves of murdered beasts, slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. How can we hope in this world to attain the peace we say we are so anxious for?
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Alan Cohen We attain freedom as we let go of whatever does not reflect our magnificence.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • John Dewey We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.
    John Dewey
    American philosopher (1859 - 1952)
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  • Elie Wiesel What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically.
    Elie Wiesel
    Rumanian-born American Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Albert Schweitzer Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not limit itself to mankind.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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