The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking. -
Samuel Johnson
It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody. -
Publius [Publilius Syrus]
When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself. -
Francois Rabelais
The best chess-player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but proficiency in whist implies capacity for success in all these more important undertakings where mind struggles with mind. -
Edgar Allan Poe
It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression. -
Eric Hoffer
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. -
Jessamyn West
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
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which, more than anything else, will determine its successful outcome. -
William James
