Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.    From LearnThat.org.  [Helen Keller]

The actual attained achievement test score.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

His Scotch estates were confiscated, and his title attained ” the attainder of the earldom was not reversed until 1824.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lady Mary Wortley Montague]

The lowest temperature that can theoretically be attained is equal to minus 273.15 degrees centigrade.    From Wordnik.com.  [March 2007] Reference

The coins attained a considerable circulation before the trick was discovered, and then they were suppressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

The real object to be attained is to explain and give a practical bearing on the facts, of the language of the section.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Alexandra] Reference

It was not until modern times that the two terms attained clearly distinct meanings.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference

When the real is attained, which is announced by Science, joy is no longer a trembler, nor is hope a cheat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures] Reference

Secondly, to show to others that knowledge which we have attained, which is to counsel and teach one another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter IV. Of Speech] Reference

How that goal is attained, that is, how to reach the readers, is in this perspective of secondary importance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

Our social life is based upon the perfection of manners and the elegance of expression attained at the court of Louis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of Mankind] Reference

The suggestion is an attempt to explain the mode by which knowledge of what passes here is attained, which is certainly no disproof of the existence of such knowledge.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of the Waiting Soul in the Intermediate State] Reference

By this cycle the advantages of compression are gained and one step nearer to the steam engine is attained, that is, an impulse is given for every revolution of the engine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 484, April 11, 1885] Reference

In that way only can the individuality be attained which is the keynote of picture-making.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pictorial Photography in America 1921] Reference

Not even Paul counted himself to have fully "attained" (Php 3: 12-14).    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

Having attained his life's goal, he seems more relaxed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bush The Communicator] Reference

About 90% of the 6,400 eligible teachers attained tenure.    From Wordnik.com.  [School Tenure Crackdown] Reference

She attained such heights, fully aware of the distance beneath them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scat Lady] Reference

From the economic point of view, we have actually attained economic stability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sinan Shabibi] Reference

Such canine coddling seems to have attained new heights since I last visited Seattle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Dog's Life] Reference

Hassaine was paying attention long before the mosque attained its newfound notoriety.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Secrets Of A Mosque] Reference

We have proven that the decline can be reversed and growth can be attained and sustained.    From Wordnik.com.  ['This Is A Real Renaissance'] Reference

But that does not mean stability has been attained, nor does it mean the occupation will end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marjorie Cohn: John McCain: 'We Already Won That One'] Reference

People were counting the days until Wang, already a billionaire, attained multibillionairehood.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Nice Problem To Have] Reference

He had attained his status through perception, and cared desperately about what people thought of him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Power Failure] Reference

Pacific waves have lapped the republic's shores since California attained statehood in September 1850.    From Wordnik.com.  [The First ‘Pacific President’?] Reference

All this gives Blair a clear shot at something no Labour prime minister has ever attained: a third term.    From Wordnik.com.  [A QUESTION OF WHEN] Reference

While Hamm attained her mark in four World Cups, Marta has played in only two — and is still just 21 years old.    From Wordnik.com.  [No More Kicks] Reference

Let's hope that Ban, and all of us, manage to get to the level of virtue that Confucius claimed to have attained at 70.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: The Darfur Tragedy] Reference

They used it for Alexander the Great; it means a passionate desire for things just out of reach, never previously attained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rings Master] Reference

Facebook has had a spectacular year, but it would do well to remember that it attained its lofty status by putting users first.    From Wordnik.com.  [Do Real Friends Share Ads?] Reference

Regardless of whether the United States does well or poorly this year, we've attained a critical mass in players and enthusiasm.    From Wordnik.com.  [We're Stealing Their Game] Reference

But this is equivalent to the lowest level attained by the previous government, which had average inflation of around 50 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  ['We Can Be Different'] Reference

This is a state attained when previously hard-to-find information becomes available and searchable, from public records to MySpace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Everyone's a Star!] Reference

I knew this because my scallops, sautéed so many times before on my old range, usually attained the consistency of a rubber eraser.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Cooking] Reference