#endeavour

I think for most people it's hard to understand what it is about swimming - I mean it's such a solo endeavour. ↗

— Stephanie Rice

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In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe all that appeared to me most important and interesting among the events and the scenes that came under my notice during my sojourn in the interior of Africa. ↗

— John H. Speke

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And now, without having wearied my friends, I hope, with detailed scientific accounts, theories, or deductions, I will only say that I have endeavoured to tell just the story of the adventure itself. ↗

— Joshua Slocum

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We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may. ↗

— Mary Astell

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Endeavour to be faithful, and if there is any beauty in your thought, your style will be beautiful; if there is any real emotion to express, the expression will be moving. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

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Broad paths are open to every endeavour, and a sympathetic recognition is assured to every one who consecrates his art to the divine services of a conviction of a consciousness. ↗

— Franz Liszt

#assured #broad #consciousness #consecrates #conviction

We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavouring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#even #evil #false #never #opinion

This is a Solo Flight, but I want aviation enthusiasts and adventurers everywhere to join me in the endeavour. ↗

— Steve Fossett

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Schools don't really allow failure and yet it's a valid part of any endeavour, not just writing. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

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First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety. ↗

— David Brainerd

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