Quotes About Endeavor

In the re-creation of combat situations, and this is coming from a director who's never been in one, being mindful of what these veterans have actually gone through, you find that the biggest concern is that you don't look at war as a geopolitical endeavor.

It would be a mind-boggling endeavor to try to identify each individual who claims to have been a survivor of victimization during this period of 24 years.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.

If one doesn't do something well, it shouldn't be done." "I don't agree," she protested. "Sometimes the effort should be made even if the results aren't perfect.

To not try at all is a form of murder itself.

The most important endeavors require a risk," I tell her. It's the hardest piece of reality to accept. Striking off into the unknown is terrifying, but if we don't begin the journey, we'll never know where it could lead.

Everything has to do with rockets. Launching a rocket is similar to any endeavor in life. You formulate your best plans prior to, but you must be aware that, at any moment, the unexpected may come along. Events can deviate from plan. If you wait until you can foresee everything, you'll never launch. The best you can do is to aim high and plan for contingencies.

to try it — but

Begin somewhere. You cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.

Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consists in nothing more than the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consists in nothing more than in the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

Not chance of birth or place has made us friends, Being oftentimes of different tongues and nations, But the endeavor for the selfsame ends, With the same hopes, and fears, and aspirations.

Do the best you can with yourself and hope for the best.

We all must die. There is no better way to do so than in the pursuit of something you love.

You have to work for what you want.

Life will not give you what you want, it will give you what you work for.

It is not upon thee to finish the work neither art thou free to abstain from it.

It's not the having it's the getting.

Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy.

There's only one failure in life and it is when you stop trying.

You're not a failure if you dont make it. You're a success because you tried.