матем. добиваться
to aim at, to be solicitous of, to try to get (to obtain);to strive for, to make efforts to obtain (to attain);
добиватися неможливого — to strive after the impossible; to square the circle.
"Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party." Herbert Hoover
"Hitch your wagon to a star." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery." John Paul Jones
"Ambition is but avarice on stilts, and masked." Walter Savage Landor