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Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.
AesopAesop After all is said and done, more is said than done.
AesopAesop I can’t be friends with a man who blows hot and cold with the same breath.
AesopAesop Do nothing without regard to the consequences.
AesopAesop A man who looks to his friends for help will take his time about a thing.
AesopAesop Don’t let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth – don’t let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
AesopAesop We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
AesopAesop Great determination can overcome most odds.
AesopAesop No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
AesopAesop What is most truly valuable is often underrated.
AesopAesop Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave.
AesopAesop In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
AesopAesop Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
AesopAesop Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new, lose both.
AesopAesop Much wants more and loses all.
AesopAesop Facts speak plainer than words.
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Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
Lang LeavLang Leav
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More on attempt
Science is an attempt, largely successful, to understand the world, to get a grip on things, to get hold of ourselves, to steer a safe course.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan Confidence allows you to progress in something you’re attempting to accomplish, whether it’s playing basketball or baseball or whether it’s trying to succeed in business.
Michael JordanMichael Jordan There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
Jane AustenJane Austen A law which attempts to say you can criticize and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar law indeed.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions that our dreams imply and so many of our old ideas disparage.
Audre LordeAudre Lorde Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
Bruce LeeBruce Lee Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.
Friedrich NietzscheFriedrich Nietzsche