Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor.
Men and women succeed because they find a field of endeavor that matches their interests and abilities.
Alas, this mundane realm is never as fun as the one inside our minds. But we can endeavor to make it so.
It is the duty of those who are entrusted with the Gospel to endeavor to make it known among all nations.
A good marriage (if any there be) refuses the conditions of love and endeavors to present those of amity.
Teaching is a very habit-bound endeavor. We're unsettled by the unfamiliar. We're creatures of habit too.
'Lincoln' is impressive enough to almost make you forget how much Daniel Day-Lewis dominates the endeavor.
Instead of passing on choppy waters to the next generation, we should endeavor to leave them a calmer sea.
It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.
Climbing is a cross between an athletic or sporting endeavor and the spiritual. I hope it remains that way.
But it is only through constant, faithful endeavor by the girl herself that the goal eventually is reached.
But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.
An essential idea is that if you give to some person or endeavor in life, you will make that more important.
Since custom is the principal magistrate of man's life, let men by all means endeavor to obtain good customs.
Falling in love is a narcissistic endeavor. You play the role of lover, and you find someone to act it out on.
Theater, especially musical theater, is a collaborative endeavor. The success of the venture is about the team.
It is hideous and coarse to assume that we can do something for others-and it is vile not to endeavor to do it.
In almost every area of human endeavor, the practice improves over time. That hasn't been the case for teaching.
If we cannot be decent, let us endeavor to be graceful. If we can't be moral, at least we can avoid being vulgar.
Perseverance is also key to success in any endeavor, but without perseverance in combat, there can be no victory.
I think any person who is starting out in a creative endeavor is not going to be good at it right out of the gate.
Directing is a unique endeavor where you are in charge of so many people. As a writer, it is sort of the opposite.
The bourgeoisie incites the workers of one nation against those of another in the endeavour to keep them disunited.
True success in any endeavor can only come when the Father has initiated the activity and invited our participation.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
I am not satisfied in making money for myself. I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race.
When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.
I feel like there's something in me that desires to express myself even more and not be so afraid of a solo endeavor.
I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.
It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most.
Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.
Supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavor to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.
To try to understand another human being, to grapple for his ultimate depths, that is the most dangerous of human endeavors.
The poet is a creator, not an iconoclast, and never will tamely endeavor to say in prose what can only be expressed in song.
To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is all-consuming and all-encompassing. It is no lukewarm endeavor.
Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors.
Calvinism is the consistent endeavor to acknowledge the Creator as the Lord, working all things after the counsel of His will.
Forget: Refuse to dwell; let go and loosen one's hold, particularly on memory. To forget is an active - not passive - endeavor.
In all thy undertakings, let a reasonable assurance animate thy endeavors if thou despairest of success, thou shalt not succeed.
For a North Korean watcher, seeing 'The Interview' is like seeing an earnest endeavor reflected back through a freak-show mirror.
I feel I am an aristocrat in my field of endeavor. My being part of 'Bonanza' was like Isaac Stern sitting in with Lawrence Welk.
Whoever would fully and feelingly understand the words of Christ, must endeavor to conform his life wholly to the life of Christ.
I'm always frightened away by movies that lower the bar on our endeavor to learn more about the crazy weird creatures that we are.
I want to find the intersection between digital media and traditional media and be pioneering the endeavor to merge the two worlds.
Unraveling the euro is a terrible thing. This is a 50-year endeavor to get this continent together and that's a wonderful endeavor.
Do you love truth for truth's sake, and will you endeavor impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others?
No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.
Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.