1. in vain - Adjective
2. in vain - Adverb
3. in vain - Phrase
to no avail
Source: WordNetWhy do you increase your bonds? Take hold of your life before your light grows dark and you seek help and do not find it. This life has been given to you for repentance; do not waste it in vain pursuits. Isaac the Syrian
Whoever hammers a lump of iron, first decides what he is going to make of it, a scythe, a sword, or an axe. Even so we ought to make up our minds what kind of virtue we want to forge or we labour in vain. Anthony the Great
Do not think about or do anything without a spiritual purpose, whereby it is done for God. For If you travel without purpose, you shall labor in vain. Marcus Eremita
Money spent on brain is never spent in vain. English Proverb
Without love everything is in vain. Hindi Proverb
Anyone who plants a tree before they die has not lived in vain. Benin Proverb