Undertake

Famous quotes containing the word undertake:

    If you can’t distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn’t undertake philanthropic work.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)

    Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.
    Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)