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Desiring something that you cannot possess is but a fruitless voyage. – Amenorhu kwakuRate it:
Like a beautiful flower, full of colour but without scent, are the fine but fruitless words of him who does not act accordingly. – The DhammapadaRate it:
The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who hath so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief he proposes to remove. – Samuel JohnsonRate it:
I've lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust Now all that's left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust. – Alekandr Sergeyevick PushkinRate it:
The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove. – Samuel JohnsonRate it:
But I do think that hope without action is fruitless, and we have to, for all of our leaders, continue to be vocal and continue to be constituents that speak up and show up. If there is no political cost often for these candidates and for people who get into office and become our representatives, they don't feel any pressure to do anything. – Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesRate it:
Donald Trump fought us every step of the way, filing baseless charges and fruitless appeals and refusing to settle for even modest amounts of compensation for the victims of his phony university. Today, that all changes. – Eric SchneidermanRate it:
I am not really certain that it has been thought out. I hope it will be. I hope all my concerns are fruitless. – John SopkoRate it:
If individuals experience a lack of responsiveness during their help-seeking process, they may view reaching out to psychotherapists as a fruitless activity or develop negative attitudes toward the profession. – Heather KugelmassRate it:
In 2013, my office sued Donald Trump for swindling thousands of innocent Americans out of millions of dollars through a scheme known at Trump University, donald Trump fought us every step of the way, filing baseless charges and fruitless appeals and refusing to settle for even modest amounts of compensation for the victims of his phony university. Today, that all changes. – Eric SchneidermanRate it:
It is fruitless to argue about religion with someone in a cult—the same is true with politics. – David PilgrimRate it:
It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting. – May SartonRate it:
Knowledge is vain and fruitless which is not reduced to practice. – Matthew HenryRate it:
Mark can patch this one section of Facebook's policies, but if he derives his principle from the particular actions he wants to take, instead of taking action based on principle, it'll be fruitless in the long run. – Timothy AveniRate it:
None has more frequent conversations with a disagreeable self than the man of pleasure; his enthusiasms are but few and transient; his appetites, like angry creditors, are continually making fruitless demands for what he is unable to pay; and the greater his former pleasures, the more strong his regret, the more impatient his expectations. A life of pleasure is, therefore, the most unpleasing life. – James GoldsmithRate it:
Though everything inside of me wants to hate, be angry, and slip into despair I choose the route of forgiveness, grace and hope, if there is one thing I've learned from Amanda in the 10 years we were together, it's this: Choosing to let my emotions drive my decisions is recipe for a hopeless and fruitless life. Today I am deciding to love, not hate. – Davey BlackburnRate it:
We've got to break the business model of the criminal smugglers and stop the desperate flow of people crammed into makeshift vessels from embarking on a fruitless and perilous journey. – British Prime Minister David CameronRate it:

Desiring something that you cannot possess is but a fruitless voyage.

Like a beautiful flower, full of colour but without scent, are the fine but fruitless words of him who does not act accordingly.

– The DhammapadaRate it:

The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who hath so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts and multiply the grief he proposes to remove.

– Samuel JohnsonRate it:

I've lived to bury my desires, And see my dreams corrode with rust Now all that's left are fruitless fires That burn my empty heart to dust.

– Alekandr Sergeyevick PushkinRate it:

The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove.

– Samuel JohnsonRate it:

But I do think that hope without action is fruitless, and we have to, for all of our leaders, continue to be vocal and continue to be constituents that speak up and show up. If there is no political cost often for these candidates and for people who get into office and become our representatives, they don't feel any pressure to do anything.

– Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesRate it:

Donald Trump fought us every step of the way, filing baseless charges and fruitless appeals and refusing to settle for even modest amounts of compensation for the victims of his phony university. Today, that all changes.

– Eric SchneidermanRate it:

I am not really certain that it has been thought out. I hope it will be. I hope all my concerns are fruitless.

– John SopkoRate it:

If individuals experience a lack of responsiveness during their help-seeking process, they may view reaching out to psychotherapists as a fruitless activity or develop negative attitudes toward the profession.

– Heather KugelmassRate it:

In 2013, my office sued Donald Trump for swindling thousands of innocent Americans out of millions of dollars through a scheme known at Trump University, donald Trump fought us every step of the way, filing baseless charges and fruitless appeals and refusing to settle for even modest amounts of compensation for the victims of his phony university. Today, that all changes.

– Eric SchneidermanRate it:

It is fruitless to argue about religion with someone in a cult—the same is true with politics.

– David PilgrimRate it:

It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.

– May SartonRate it:

Knowledge is vain and fruitless which is not reduced to practice.

– Matthew HenryRate it:

Mark can patch this one section of Facebook's policies, but if he derives his principle from the particular actions he wants to take, instead of taking action based on principle, it'll be fruitless in the long run.

– Timothy AveniRate it:

None has more frequent conversations with a disagreeable self than the man of pleasure; his enthusiasms are but few and transient; his appetites, like angry creditors, are continually making fruitless demands for what he is unable to pay; and the greater his former pleasures, the more strong his regret, the more impatient his expectations. A life of pleasure is, therefore, the most unpleasing life.

– James GoldsmithRate it:

Though everything inside of me wants to hate, be angry, and slip into despair I choose the route of forgiveness, grace and hope, if there is one thing I've learned from Amanda in the 10 years we were together, it's this: Choosing to let my emotions drive my decisions is recipe for a hopeless and fruitless life. Today I am deciding to love, not hate.

– Davey BlackburnRate it:

We've got to break the business model of the criminal smugglers and stop the desperate flow of people crammed into makeshift vessels from embarking on a fruitless and perilous journey.

– British Prime Minister David CameronRate it:

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