Strive Quotes
1700 quotes by 1217 authors
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Satan cannot deny but that great wonders have been wrought by prayer. As the spirit of prayer goes up, so his kingdom goes down. Satan's…
— William Gurnall
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Give yourself to prayer, to reading and meditation on divine truths: strive to penetrate to the bottom of them and never be content with a…
— David Brainerd
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To strive in prayer means to struggle through those hindrances which would restrain or even prevent us entirely from continuing in persevering prayer. It means…
— Ole Hallesby
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Prayer is life passionately wanting, wishing, desiring God's triumph. Prayer is life striving and toiling everywhere and always for that ultimate victory.
— G. Campbell Morgan
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By striving so mightily to accomplish specific goals on behalf of one segment of humanity, she [Toni Morrison] went beyond them to create literary wonders…
— Aberjhani
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I've learned that every human being, with or without disabilities, needs to strive to do their best, and by striving for happiness you will arrive…
— Naoki Higashida
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I tell you that as long as I can conceive something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it…
— George Bernard Shaw
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Yeah I want it all, that's why I strive for it
— Drake
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You have your goals. They may be small goals or they may be large goals. As you strive to achieve your goals, sometimes your conditions…
— Jean Charest
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The rule for every man is, not to depend on the education which other men have prepared for him-not even to consent to it; but…
— Woodrow Wilson
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Thou shalt not kill; but needst not strive officiously to keep alive.
— Arthur Hugh Clough
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Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you,…
— Khalil Gibran
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Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest…
— Tim Ferriss
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When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically.…
— Ian Thorpe
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I don't try to get players emotionally up for a game; it creates too many peaks and valleys... I strive for even keel; they will…
— Denny Crum
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It's always about wanting to one-up myself from the day before. There's never an absolute 100% perfect performance, but going out and striving for that…
— Cat Osterman
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What worries me though, is that after all those victories people don't see me as a human being anymore. I am not a machine, I…
— Evgeni Plushenko
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During mental prayer, it is well, at times, to imagine that many insults and injuries are being heaped upon us, that misfortunes have befallen us,…
— Philip Neri
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For suffering and enduring there is no remedy, but striving and doing.
— Thomas Carlyle
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A champion is someone who does not settle for that day's practice, that day's competition, that day's performance. They are always striving to be better.…
— Briana Scurry
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