Quotes About Endeavor

There is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But this principle, like others in life and war, has its exceptions.

I wanted them to see not just that the Bible contains a number of texts which happen to provide a rationale for missionary endeavor but that the whole Bible is itself a "missional" phenomenon.

Strain every nerve to gain your point.

Maybe the important thing is to keep trying, no matter how hard it feels.

Make no mistake, I only achieve simplicity with enormous effort.

What isn't tried won't work.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: "Los grandes resultados requieren grandes ambiciones" (Heráclito)

He accepted the social and political conditions as they were, made no endeavor to reform them, and confined himself exclusively to setting the value which they possessed for the kingdom of heaven.

It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.

Trying is the first step towards failure.

All happiness depends on courage and work.

Better to say "I tried and failed and moved on" than "I never tried because I thought I might fail.

the good life doesn't knock on the door. Joy is a job.

Sometimes I think I'd be perfectly happy to go on rewriting 'Tipping the Velvet' forever because it was so much fun.

To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy.

Try and fail and try again.

firm belief in all that is good and beautiful, and in the ultimate success of every true and honest endeavour

to test is great to win is better

Let us go forth and resolutely dare with sweat of brow to toil our little day.

Of human work none but what is bad can be perfect in its own bad way.

Something you have to make...It's all work, work.

I've always tried to tell myself that the work itself is the thing, that win, lose, or draw, the work is really what counts.

I wait and take on projects that I think can work.

In most fields of endeavor there are no easy jobs; there are only graceful ways of performing difficult ones.