of Attempt
Source: Webster's dictionaryBefore attempting to create something new, it is vital to have a good appreciation of everything that already exists in this field. Mikhail Kalashnikov
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. John Stuart Mill
The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere. Xun Zi
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron. Horace Mann
It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible. Arthur Machen
Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity. M. Scott Peck