#endeavors

And what, O Queen, are those things that are dear to a man? Are they not bubbles? Is not ambition but an endless ladder by which no height is ever climbed till the last unreachable rung is mounted? For height leads on to height, and there is not resting-place among them, and rung doth grow upon rung, and there is no limit to the number. ↗

— H. Rider Haggard

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Endeavor for greatness, venture for the sake of the heart. ↗

— Nadège Richards

#greatness #heart #love #nadege #richards

The more you participate in our common endeavors, the more successful your work in the factory, mine, wharf or village, in an economic institute or in the arts, in commerce or administration, the sooner we will be where we all want to be. ↗

— Walter Ulbricht

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The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

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We all take from our artistic endeavors what we as individuals need, to make the process unique and fulfilling to ourselves. ↗

— Kim Weston

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Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain. ↗

— Simon Greenleaf

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The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

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The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea. ↗

— Tom T. Hall

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No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish. ↗

— David Hume

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