Quotes about Striving

What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.

Our reach must exceed our grasp.

Is it my work, service, and sacrifice for others, or is it my striving to work for God? It should be none of these—what ought to exert the greatest power in my life is the atonement of the Lord.

Getting into God's stride means nothing less than oneness with Him. It takes a long time to get there, but keep at it. Don't give up because the pain is intense right now—get on with it, and before long you will find that you have a new vision and a new purpose.

Like a frail plant that needs careful tending and constant protection from sun and wind, perhaps the real problem wasn't me but the fragile, unsustainable version of Christianity I had been told was my only option.

What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?

For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?

Again, I saw futility under the sun.

Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.

Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.

Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?