Endeavor Quotes
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In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be done, but rather the doing of it. It is not enough to know about Virtue, then, but we must endeavor to possess it, and to use it, or to take any other steps that may make.
Aristotle
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I think, whatever mortals crave, With impotent endeavor, A wreath--a rank--a throne--a grave-- The world goes round forever; I think that life is not too long, And therefore I determine, That many people read a song, Who will not read a sermon.
Winthrop Mackworth Praed
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True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.
William Penn
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Flourishing is not a solo endeavor.
Barbara Fredrickson
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Calvinism is the consistent endeavor to acknowledge the Creator as the Lord, working all things after the counsel of His will.
J. I. Packer
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Everyday is a birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor.
Isaac Watts
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In dedicating his estate to the honoring of endeavors that benefit mankind, Alfred Nobel expressed a lifelong concern that is even more timely in 1972 than it was in his lifetime.
Stanford Moore
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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
Sidney Lanier
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To be a biographer is a somewhat peculiar endeavor. It seems to me it requires not only the tact, patience, and thoroughness of a scholar but the stamina of a horse.
Nancy Milford
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Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors. She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
Alan Paton
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He who loves God cannot endeavor that God should love him in return.
Baruch Spinoza
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If you have character, endeavor, personality, courage and the capacity for concentrated labor, you will do what is your destiny – and, perhaps, even do it well.
Ariel Durant
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Broadly speaking, in the past few years, we've more than doubled the editorial staff in Mother Jones, as part of ramping up daily operations that have resulted in huge gains in audience, a slew of awards, new multimedia endeavors, and of course scoops like the 47 percent.
Clara Jeffery
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Commanders are not always leaders. Commanders are appointed. Leaders are unofficially “elected” by the troops in the unit. Likewise in other fields of endeavor. Every leader is put through an informal process in the first few weeks wherein his people judge him and decide whether or not he is worthy of their trust. He must earn that trust. How? A leader must prove himself by his actions, appearance, demeanor, attitude, and decisions.
Hal Moore
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The effort required by your endeavor now is not as hard as dealing with your regret later.
Mike Hawkins
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Imagination is the cornerstone of human endeavor.
Alex Faickney Osborn
