1. attain - Noun
2. attain - Verb
To overtake.
To achieve or accomplish, that is, to reach by efforts; to gain; to compass; as, to attain rest.
To gain or obtain possession of; to acquire.
To get at the knowledge of; to ascertain.
To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at.
To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.; to reach.
To come or arrive, by an effort of mind.
Attainment.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe chief end of our life is to live in communion with God. To this end the Son of God became incarnate, in order to return us to this divine communion, which was lost by the fall into sin. Through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, we enter into communion with the Father and thus attain our purpose. Theophan the Recluse
Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings ... let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the evil torments of the devil come upon me: only let me attain to Jesus Christ. Ignatius of Antioch
To attain knowledge, add things every day. To attain wisdom, remove things every day. Laozi
The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity will not attain great prosperity. Tibetan Proverb
Serve even an unbeliever to attain your own ends. Swahili Proverb
If you don't aspire to great things, you won't attain small things. Jewish Proverb