Quotes about Striving

No matter what I do, I'm going to earn it.

Every Christian who strives for holiness of life experiences dryness of soul. It is to most people a heart-rending experience. It is a paradox, for the soul becomes confused when it realizes the harder it strives the further away Jesus seems to be.

No one who strives with full faith and heart for the blessings of eternal life will be denied. And how great will be the joy and how much deeper the appreciation then after enduring in patience and faith now.

He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt...

Philippians 4:13 does not say we can do anything we want to do because we are strong enough, smart enough, or hardworking enough. No, in fact, it leaves no room at all for human effort or striving of any kind. The secret to being able to do what we need to do is realizing that we cannot do it alone; we can only do it in Christ.

Whatever we gain by the works of our own flesh, we will have to maintain the same way we gained it.

There is nothing impossible to him who will try. Alexander the Great

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Every man is made to reach out beyond his grasp.

Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.

The mind, the soul, becomes ennobled by the endeavour to create something perfect, for God is perfection, and whoever strives after perfection is striving for something devine.