Strive Quotes · Page 63

It is in vain that we search for an essential difference between good and evil, for their constituents are the same. The…

— Charles Hampden-Turner

A man's excellence is like that of water; It benefits all things without striving; It takes to the low places shunned by…

— Laozi

Our lives are a battlefield on which is fought a continuous war between the forces that are pledged to confirm our humanity…

— Ngugi wa Thiong'o

When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct…

— Vincent Van Gogh

Go on a living spree. While you're here, why not live it up? Make your list, then go be, do, and have…

— Clifton Anderson

Since 'the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force' (Mt. 11:12), and it is impossible for the…

— Symeon the New Theologian

In all His acts God orders all things, whether good or evil, for the good of those who know Him and seek…

— Thomas Merton

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, where knowledge is free. Where the world has not been…

— Rabindranath Tagore

Even if you strive diligently on your chosen path day after day, if your heart is not in accord with it, then…

— Anonymous

My poor soul! Sigh, pray and strive to take upon you the blessed yoke of Christ, and you will live on earth…

— Tikhon of Zadonsk

This country you're sitting in right now was not built on love, hugs, time-outs and trophies you didn't earn. This country was…

— Christopher Titus

If man merely sat back and thought about his impending termination, and his terrifying insignificance and aloneness in the cosmos, he would…

— Stanley Kubrick

Strive to be the very best you can be. Run the race against yourself and not the guy in the other lane.…

— Herschel Walker

In a world where inequality of ability is inevitable, anarchists do not sanction any attempt to produce equality by artificial or authoritarian…

— Laurance Labadie

For the unified mind in accord with the Way all self-centered striving ceases. Doubts and irresolutions vanish and life in true faith…

— Anonymous

Anarchy, when it works to destroy authority in all its aspects, when it demands the abrogation of laws and the abolition of…

— Peter Kropotkin

Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth strive; His…

— Michael Drayton

We frequently may press forward hoping and praying—but without absolute assurance—that we are acting in accordance with God’s will. But as we…

— David A. Bednar

We have failed...through our lack of responsible awareness...and thus added to suffering around the world. All of us are cripples-some physically, some…

— Ivan Illich

We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor.…

— Ezra Taft Benson

But almost always, during the initial stage of the struggle, the oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors,…

— Paulo Freire

I would let my fans and people looking from the outside looking in dictate that. But, in my mind I gotta treat…

— Lil Herb

Women of the Gallagher Academy, who comes here?" she asked. Just then, every girl at every table (even the newbies) stood and…

— Ally Carter

We ask God to endow human souls with justice so that they may be fair and may strive to provide for the…

— Abdu'l-Bahá

What will be the judgment a century hence concerning the lorded works of our favorite composers today? Inasmuch as nearly everything is…

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Kuwait has been a safeguard for who remained inside her, unaffected from the dangers that surround them, loyal to this land, and…

— Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

I was brought up, and my sister too, with two people who were always saying, "What you do is really nowhere near…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

To seek out making films that are unique and insightful, boundary-pushing and genre-bending, and not films that fit into the neat, little…

— Rania Attieh

In all these products, whether iron bridges, locomotives, automobiles, telescopes, cottages, airport-hangars, funicular railways, skyscrapers, or children's toys, the will towards a…

— Theo van Doesburg

The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who overcome their…

— Laozi

I do realize, however, while striving to be your true self to the level I do, there will be pushback, resistance, and…

— Joanna Lohman

We must go beyond organic, as it is currently defined in the National Organic Standards, and strive for food that is not…

— Kathleen Merrigan

No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas.…

— Pope Francis

At the beginning of this marvelous era it was natural to expect, and it was expected, that laborsaving inventions would lighten the…

— Henry George

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.…

— Gautama Buddha

You're always striving for a place of Zen. Or a flow state, where you kind of transcend reality and you go to…

— Evan Rachel Wood

The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw…

— Thomas a Kempis

I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul...Since I knew you, I have been troubled…

— Charles Dickens

The term girl not only serves to avoid certain anxiety-arousing connotations inherent in the word woman regarding aggression, sexuality, and reproduction, it…

— Harriet Lerner

Black History Month is a great celebration for Black people everywhere. I just hope we get to the point as Black people…

— Crystal Robinson