#attain

The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

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In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

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Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used. ↗

— Adam Clarke

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It occured to me that eating is the only form of professionalism most people ever attain. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it. ↗

— Adam Weishaupt

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When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

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You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

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After all, enforced national bilingualism in this country isn't mere policy. It has attained the status of a religion. It's a dogma which one is supposed to accept without question. ↗

— Stephen Harper

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Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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