#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

Nobody strives to lose. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#nobody #strives

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

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

Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for. ↗

— James Taylor

#certain things #crap #everyone #important #life

For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God. ↗

— John Calvin

#avoid #god #great #him #mighty

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

Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God. ↗

— Billy Graham

#anyone #avoid #except #god #offending

Modem science, then, maintains on the one hand that nature, both organic and inorganic, strives towards a state of order and that man's actions are governed by the same tendency. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#both #governed #hand #inorganic #maintains