Strive Quotes

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

It is not enough to be well-intentioned; one must strive to put those intentions into action in a capable way. One must consider the effect his actions will have on others. Looked at like this, to persist in ignorance is itself dishonorable.

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.

That's what I've been trying to strive for - to draw a clear picture, to open up a new dimension.

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world.

I will, from this day strive to forge togetherness out of our differences.

If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence.

As we talk about the need to foster academic achievement, we must recognize and reward those who strive academically, just as we honor athletic champions. Meeting the President of the United States is just the honor we should bestow on our academic champions.

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best.

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.

I would want to teach my children someday that they should strive to be successful.

Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.

Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within.

Not only that - college doesn't particularly qualify you for the outside world. he world is changing so fast, and college is not. It should strive to be more in tune with the world.

So we strive for perfection in the areas in which we can control, and that isn't necessarily what provides contentment and joy for ourselves and, more importantly, for our children.

We must strive to encourage East and West not only to move towards each other but also to encourage them to find a new philosophy, a philosophy which will serve as a tool determining the future of Planet Earth - our common and only shelter.

Why should we strive, with cynic frown, to knock their fairy castles down?

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it.

We must strive to become good ancestors.

Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.

The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.

If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it.