#striving

When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered himself years ago - since that time he has been toiling, working, and striving to make himself worthy of general discovery. ↗

— James Whitcomb Riley

#awaken #been #discovered #discovery #down

Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows. ↗

— Frances Rodman

#brave #brightness #courage #fail #faith

Business and growing jobs is about taking risk, sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding, but always striving. It is about dreams. Usually, it doesn't work out exactly as you might have imagined. Steve Jobs was fired at Apple. He came back and changed the world. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#always #apple #back #business #came

The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence. ↗

— Nathaniel Parker Willis

#fair #her #lily #precedence #rose

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary. ↗

— Sarah Ban Breathnach

#dictionary #even #precede #remember #striving

When there is life and mankind, a person will live striving for good deeds, liberty and a bright life, and wish that goodness and justice will reign in the world. ↗

— Islom Karimov

#deeds #good #good deeds #goodness #justice

People striving for approval from others become phony. ↗

— Ichiro Suzuki

#become #others #people #phony #striving

The perfection of our union, especially our commitment to equality of opportunity, has been a story of constant striving to live up to our Founding principles. This is what Abraham Lincoln meant when he said, 'In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.' ↗

— Paul Ryan

#abraham lincoln #alike #assure #been #commitment

Whatever course you have chosen for yourself, it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving. ↗

— David Sarnoff

#bring #chore #chosen #course #glory

Winning isn't everything, but playing and competing and striving and going through things can be a lot of fun and really important. As long as you're doing it in a way that's healthy, sports can be an incredible opportunity. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#doing #everything #fun #going #healthy