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Unattainable Quotes

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
Lord Chesterfield

I tell my students to try early in life to find an unattainable objective.
George Wald

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

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.
William Osler

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.
Aldous Huxley

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book.
Laurell K. Hamilton

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

The dog and the rabbit are telling us not to chase unattainable material goals.
Kit Williams

The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.
Irving Howe

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