Quotes About Endeavor

Jonathan Safran Foer

Pleasure is a by-product of doing something that is worth doing. Therefore, do not seek pleasure as such. Pleasure comes of seeking something else, and comes by the way.

Existence is strife." "To strive is to live.

we have to give are best or die

Anger, then, is only for the engaged; for those with projects that matter.

any action predicated solely on DNA sequence seems to me to be a high-risk endeavor, prone to specious failure.

I think it's nice if someone respects whatever their endeavor is, whether it's dance or art or stand-up comedy, to not assume that they're gonna be an overnight sensation, that it's this great craft that takes a lot of hard work to get good at.

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.

Just go out there and do it. It's not the easiest path.

I've decided that whether I succeed or fail, I have to give it 100 per cent. That way, at least I know I tried.

The first object of my endeavours was the means to become perfect and happy.

I don't think perfection is possible. I think you can attempt to reach perfection, but I don't think it's a possible thing. I think perfection is a moving point, and we spend our artistic lives chasing it.

You can't ever reach perfection in this business, but that's one of the things I love. It's something that can't ever be mastered, but you can attempt to get as close as possible.

We do not do everything perfectly, but the intentions are there.

MAKING AN EFFORT Our so-called limitations, I believe, apply to faculties we don't apply. We don't discover what we can't achieve until we make an effort not to try.

Those who aim at great deeds must also suffer greatly.

Menarik. Bagiku siapa pun berusaha selalu menarik.

Pain is that teacher who teaches you to be strong; to be that kind of a person who can face the toughest challenges in the hardest situations. Suffering Is that treasure which makes you vigorous and helps you to survive in the most darkest of the time. Hardship is that endeavour which will never go in vein. It is that effort which shall help you to grow and to reach to your ultimate goal. And Failure is that chance which gives you the opportunity to rediscover and improve yourself.

True success in any endeavor can only come when the Father has initiated the activity and invited our participation.

It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.

No one knows what he can do till he tries.

No one knows what he can do until he tries.

I shall ever try to drive all evils away from my heart and keep my love in flower, knowing that thou hast thy seat in the inmost shrine of my heart. And it shall be my endeavour to reveal thee in my actions, knowing it is thy power gives me strength to act.

Nations which have got on in the world have done so by action, not by ebullition.