#strives

An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated. ↗

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

#believes #built #church #conquered #death

It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened. ↗

— Philip Sidney

#ever #heart #like #most #nature

He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw. ↗

— Edmund Spenser

#starts #straw #strives #stumbles #touch

And he that strives to touch the stars, Oft stumbles at a straw. ↗

— Edmund Spenser

#stars #straw #strives #stumbles #touch

Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#anything #buy #com #consumers #destination

So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status; it longs to create a world of beauty to triumph over chaos and convert it to order. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

#act #attain #beauty #chaos #convert

Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#himself #impossible #man #only #strives

The swimmer adrift on the open seas measures his strength, and strives with all his muscles to keep himself afloat. But what is he to do when there is no land on the horizon, and none beyond it? ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#afloat #beyond #himself #his #horizon

If a servant strives to please his master and studies and takes pains to do it, I believe there are but few masters who would use such a servant cruelly. ↗

— Jupiter Hammon

#cruelly #few #his #i #i believe