Definition of Undertaking

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Undertaking

of Undertake

The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.

That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.

Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.

A promise or pledge; a guarantee.

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Undertaking Quotations

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
Napoleon Hill

Our greatest lack is not money for any undertaking, but rather ideas, If the ideas are good, cash will somehow flow to where it is needed.
Robert H. Schuller

Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.
Robert Collier

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.
Golda Meir

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry it out.
Jorge Luis Borges

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.
Samuel Johnson

To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy.
Emile M. Cioran

When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.
Francois Rabelais

Yes, young men, Italy owes to you an undertaking which has merited the applause of the universe. You have conquered and you will conquer still, because you are prepared for the tactics that decide the fate of battles.
Giuseppe Garibaldi

To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.
Mary Astell

Undertaking Translations

undertaking in French is entreprenant
undertaking in Italian is intraprendere
undertaking in Latin is commissum, orsus
undertaking in Spanish is funeraria

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