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Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Truth might be unattainable, but honesty is not.

Stephen Watson

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.

Dr. Haim Ginott

Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable... attainable. Have the patience, wait it out It's all about timing.

Stacey Charter

The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

Lytton Strachey

I wasn't even expecting it. It was one of the best meets of the season so far. Making NCAA Zones definitely was one of those unattainable goals I had freshman and sophomore years. Now it's a whole new ballpark.

Janis Scanlon

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consists in nothing more than the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

Logan Pearsall Smith

It was generally understood, based on past experience, that the 90 percent work participation goal for two-parent families was unattainable.

Sharon Parrott

I can't stand the 'I don't care' attitude from children, the 'I don't have time' attitude from parents, and the setting of unattainable goals without the proper resources from politicians.

Sonya Harris

An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the externally unattainable. Only one end of the rope is in the hand, the other is not visible, and neither prayers, nor daring, nor reason can shake it free.

William Bolitho

As far as this year, our goals are through the sky right now, ... Some of the goals we have right now, a lot of people might think are unattainable or farfetched. We believe with the unit we have put together, we can do it.

Lance Briggs

For many years in the distributed world, that was an unattainable holy grail.

Rick Sturm

The resources needed in the future to support continued growth in China are simply unattainable if current consumption patterns continue. Sustainable design technologies offer a vehicle to increase efficiency, which will enhance China's economic growth while allowing for better management of its tremendous environmental challenges.

Nabil Nasr

Nagging questions remain: Where is the line between making the most of one's potential and reaching for the unattainable? Where is the line between education as a tool and education as a kind of magic? The line is blurred and that is why when education fails, disillusionment is so bitter.

Henry Anatole Grunwald

The songs will tell a story that I have imagined existing between the lines of Andersen's biography and some of his most famous tales, ... They speak of a misfit's love for an unattainable woman and a struggle between a huckster and someone who composes music in secret.

Elvis Costello