Futile

Famous quotes containing the word futile:

“It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

“He comes unfailing for the loan
We give and then forget;
He comes, and probably for years
Will he be coming yet,—
Familiar as an old mistake,
And futile as regret.”
—Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)

“Droll thing life is—that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose. The most you can hope from it is some knowledge of yourself—that comes too late—a crop of unextinguishable regrets.”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)