#attainable

When you're obsessive, like me, searching for something unattainable can become unhealthy... it's like falling through the air and grabbing at the clouds. ↗

— Jonny Wilkinson

#become #clouds #falling #grabbing #like

Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story. I doubt that thematic closure is never attainable. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#attainable #certainly #closure #contributes #doubt

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

#came #down #end #get #goal

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#errors #man #succession #through #truth

I can't comprehend that I'm in the film of 'Les Miserables.' It's one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere. ↗

— Samantha Barks

#comprehend #dreams #film #i #les

Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#find #most #persevere #persist #possible

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

#come #despondency #everything #give #however

Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

#catch #chase #excellence #perfection

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

— William Osler

#absolute truth #aim #broken #content #must

You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them. ↗

— Rafael Palmeiro

#away #bit #enough #every #far