#attain

Things are sweeter when they're lost. I know--because once I wanted something and got it. It was the only thing I ever wanted badly, Dot, and when I got it it turned to dust in my hand. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task. ↗

— Haim Ginott

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Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. ↗

— Mario Andretti

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Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

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The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world. ↗

— Joseph Butler

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Even the bands I dig don't have a history of attaining mass consumption. ↗

— Evan Dando

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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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Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength and the awareness of the limits beyond which we must not go. ↗

— Lech Walesa

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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. ↗

— Simone Weil

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