Quotes about Striving

I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12

Try as we may, we can't change ourselves in any significant way.

Nothing ever comes to me, that is worth having, except as the result of hard work.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work

All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.

Into this rushing stream, Brennan's plea is evergreen: Live by grace and not by performance. In other words—let God love you. And should you see me out and about somewhere and ask me how I'm personally doing with that, I would answer as my friend so often did: I'm trying.

This kind of attention to the eternal in our every day does not strain our hearts. It does not major on brawny striving. It has more to do with attention to God than perfection, with a desire to see God even amid our great weakness.

Be sure of this, O young ambition, all mortal greatness is but disease.

Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.

The way to achieve happiness is to try for perfection that is impossible to achieve, and spend the rest of your life trying to achieve it.

I think it's a sin to sit down and let your life go without making a try for it.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.