Some shall reap that never sowAnd some shall toil and not attain.
Wanting is not enough, long and you attain it.
At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
Consistent failure to attain goals throughout life results in defeatism, low self-esteem or depression.
Bahá'í marriage is union and cordial affection between the two parties. They must, however, exercise the utmost care and become acquainted with each other's character. This eternal bond should be made secure by a firm covenant, and the intention should be to foster harmony, fellowship and unity and to attain everlasting life.
Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it.
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.
No effort is required to define or even attain happiness, but enormous concentration is needed to abandon everything else.
Civilization does not engross all the virtues of humanity: she has not even her full share of them. They flourish in greater abundance and attain greater strength among many barbarous people. The hospitality of the wild Arab, the courage of the North American Indian, and the faithful friendships of some of the Polynesian nations, far surpass any thing of a similar kind among the polished communities of Europe.
Expect the best, not the worst, and you will attain your heart's desire.
Impassioned characters never attain their mark till they have overshot it.
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them.
I'm working hard every day to attain all of my goals. Winning the Super Bowl is obviously at the top of that list.
ONE OF THE GREATEST EXPERIENCES IN LIFE IS ACHIEVING PERSONAL GOALS THAT OTHERS SAID WOULD BE, 'IMPOSSIBLE TO ATTAIN. ' BE PROUD OF YOUR SUCCESS AND SHARE YOUR STORY WITH OTHERS.
I believe that I possess this value: to serve Jesus. I am less at peace than if my goal would be to attain a professorship and a good life, but I live. And that gives me the tremendous feeling of happiness, as if one would hear music. One feels uprooted, because one asks, what lies ahead, what decisions should I make-but more alive, happier than those anchored in life. To drift with released anchor.
Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain? The ability to suffer is a small matter: in that line, weak women and even slaves often attain masterliness. But not to perish from internal distress and doubt when one inflicts great suffering and hears the cry of it that is great, that belongs to greatness.
Optimists enrich the present, enhance the future,challenge the improbable and attain the impossible
Every soul is destined to be perfect, and every being, in the end, will attain the state of perfection.
Those who are not capable of sinning are said that they have attained freedom. The knowledge of the Truth raises them even more. This makes them both free and above this world. But only Love creates. He who became free thanks to knowledge, because of Love remains a slave of those who have not managed to attain the Freedom of knowledge yet. He brings the knowledge to them and this develops the latter because it calls them to the Freedom. Love takes nothing: how can it take something? Everything belongs to it. It does not say, "This is mine! And this is mine!" But it says: "This is yours!"
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.