Avail Quotes

It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.

I shuddered to think how completely the insane were in the power of their keepers, and how one could weep and plead for release, and all of no avail, if the keepers were so minded.

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so.

One of the unfortunate things about our education system is that we do not teach students how to avail themselves of their subconscious capabilities.

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.

A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order, and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory.

There are few sorrows, however poignant, in which a good income is of no avail.

One needs a Seer's Vision and an Angel's voice to be of any avail. I do not know of any Indian man or woman today who has those gifts in their most complete measure.

Together with a team of financial and legal experts I have spent months exploring all possible alternatives to bankruptcy but to no avail.

I have to be motivated, and I'm sure time will avail itself.

No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

Many of my friends and family are scratching it out somewhere decidedly south of the ever widening gap between the haves and have nots, looking at losing their homes, colleges they can't afford and healthcare they can't avail themselves of.

I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail.

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.

Unless you have made a complete surrender and are doing his will it will avail you nothing if you've reformed a thousand times and have your name on fifty church records.