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Definition of Attempting
Attempting

of Attempt

Related Definitions:
Attempt, Of


Attempting Quotations

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
Samuel Johnson

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
John Stuart Mill

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.
Angela Davis

Attempting Translations

attempting in French is attentant
attempting in German is versuchend


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