Quotes about Striving
It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving; and also every man may draw comfort from Lessing's fine saying, that the search for truth is more precious than its possession.
- Albert Einstein
Everybody strains after happiness, and the result is that nobody's happy.
- Aldous Huxley
The reward of eternal life requires effort.
- Thomas Monson
Failure is a reality; we all fail at times, and it's painful when we do. But it's better to fail while striving for something wonderful, challenging, adventurous, and uncertain than to say, " I don't want to try because I may not succeed completely.
- Jimmy Carter
God helps him who strives hard.
- Euripides
If you want to be prominent, get out and try for something.
- F Scott Fitzgerald
greatness of that with which he strove. For he who strove with the world became great by overcoming the world, and he who strove with himself became great by overcoming himself, but he who strove with God became greater than all.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Infinite humiliation and grace, and then a striving born of gratitude — this is Christianity.
- Soren Kierkegaard
What! Get to heaven on your own strength? Why, you might as well try to climb to the moon on a rope of sand!
- George Whitefield
The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying.
- John Maxwell
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Thou didst thy best, that is success.
- John Wooden