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Quotes About Strive

Life is a test, make sure you study for it.
~ RJ Intindola
Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?
~ Robert Browning
Oh, how long were the days of a man. When he strode upon the broken land. He sailed as far as a man could steer. And he never wished to lose his fear. For the fear of man is a thing untold. It keeps him safe, and it proves him bold! Don't let fear make you cease to strive, for that fear it proves you remain alive! I will walk this broken road, and I will carry a heavy load! So come at me with your awful lies, I'm a man of truth and I'll meet your eyes!
~ Robert Jordan
None of us ever do," said Mrs. Allan with a sigh. "But then, Anne, you know what Lowell says, 'Not failure but low aim is crime.' We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would be a sorry business without them. With them it's grand and great. Hold fast to your ideals, Anne.
~ L.M. Montgomery
Any faith that admires truth, that strives to know God, must be brave enough to accommodate the universe.
~ Carl Sagan, Contact
Socrates The philosopher offered us a way out of two powerful delusions: that we should always or never listen to the dictates of public opinion. To follow his example, we will best be rewarded if we strive instead to listen to the dictates of reason
~ Alain de Botton
It was C. S. Lewis who observed that there exists in every church something that sooner or later works against the very purpose for which it came into existence. So we must strive very hard, by the grace of God to keep the church focused on the mission that Christ originally gave to it.11
~ Alan Hirsch
When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
~ Alan Paton
Work is a four-letter word that ends with "K.
~ Donald Allen Kirch
WORK is a four-lettered word, that ends with a "K
~ Donald Allen Kirch
Ambition is your inner voice that tells you, you can, and should, strive to go beyond your circumstances or situation in life.
~ Lloyd Blankfein
The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.
~ William Howard Taft
When we as a nation, strive in vain to preserve the beauty of our national life, forgetting our biblical roots, we are doomed.
~ Richard Halverson
Scripture speaks of a holiness which we have in Christ before God and a holiness which we must strive after.
~ Jerry Bridges
For him the points of the compass have no great importance. It's all the same to him which one he chooses, as long as he's not idle. That is truly a witcher's principium. The world is full of evil, so it's sufficient to stride ahead, and destroy the Evil encountered on the way, in that way rendering a service to Good. The rest takes care of itself. Being in motion is everything, the goal is nothing.
~ Andrzej Sapkowski
And that destination for which we should strive is one of a successful life not necessarily a life of success.
~ Andy Andrews
Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him.
~ Saint Teresa of Avila
Whilst I'm aiming to improve as a driver, I'm also hoping to inspire others to strive for their own personal goals, whatever their situation in life.
~ Nicolas Hamilton
There are a couple of ways to use the word democracy, and the way that I think is productive is to think about democracy as not a state that can actually be achieved, but as an ideal.
~ Masha Gessen
I'd much rather try and fail than talk about trying.
~ Mike Birbiglia
Being named Michael Jordan - I think growing up playing sports and having a name like Michael Jordan - and I was extremely competitive - I used to get teased a lot. But it made me want to strive for greatness and be able to compete at whatever I decided to do.
~ Michael B. Jordan
Google is in a position where it doesn't even have to strive to become a hip, conscious choice. Brands are temporary fads. Functionality is forever. Google just has to 'be,' and everyone will end up there sooner or later.
~ Douglas Rushkoff
Their chief is Crom. He dwells on a great mountain. What use to call on him? Little he cares if men live or die. Better to be silent than to call his attention to you; he will send you dooms, not fortune! He is grim and loveless, but at birth he breathes power to strive and slay into a man's soul. What else shall men ask of the gods?
~ Robert E. Howard
Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities. We strive in vain to look beyond the heights. We cry aloud, and the only answer is the echo of our wailing cry. From the voiceless lips of the unreplying dead there comes no word; but in the night of death Hope sees a star and listening Love can hear the rustle of a wing.
~ Robert G. Ingersoll