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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face. ↗

— Venerable Bede

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You must intensify and render continuous by repeatedly presenting with suggestive ideas and mental pictures of the feast of good things, and the flowing fountain, which awaits the successful achievement or attainment of the desires. ↗

— Claude M. Bristol

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Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square foot, attain a greater angle of elevation, and have fewer parts. ↗

— Lawrence Hargrave

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This goal can and must be attained in this life. But even if this does not happen, remember that he who has found the way once, always returns to this world with an internal maturity that enables him to continue his work. ↗

— Gustave Meyrink

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Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning ↗

— Ludwig van Beethoven

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Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment. ↗

— Dogen Zenji

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To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment. ↗

— James Lane Allen

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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

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The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal. ↗

— Aleister Crowley

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Sometimes attaining the deepest familiarity with a question is our best substitute for actually having the answer. ↗

— Brian Greene

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