Endeavor Quotes

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor.

The honorable William Penn, late governor of Pennsylvania, was chosen agent to the Court of Britain, and directed to deliver the petition to the King himself and to endeavor by his personal influence to procure a favorable reception to this last address.

The effort required by your endeavor now is not as hard as dealing with your regret later.

It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.

Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet.

Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.

A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns.

I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor.

I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.

I'm not sure Americans are hesitant to do this again - to fight another war, because it looked to them like a courageous and terrific endeavor.

To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.

After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

Over and over again, financial experts and wonkish talking heads endeavor to explain these mysterious, 'toxic' financial instruments to us lay folk. Over and over, they ignobly fail, because we all know that no one understands credit default obligations and derivatives, except perhaps Mr. Buffett and the computers who created them.

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

I'll tell you, being involved in human space flight, it is an emotional endeavor. I think it brings in the highest highs and the lowest lows.

I wish my friends at William Morris Endeavor all the best.

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.

What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.

No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.

The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.

Success in any endeavor depends on the degree to which it is an expression of your true self.

Film, as far as I'm concerned, is my area of artistic endeavor, so I never think of a movie that gets released as being all done-it's just when they took it away from you.

Success in any endeavor requires single-minded attention to detail and total concentration.

Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.

The only other human endeavor on which there's more 16-millimeter film than pro football is World War II, and we're going to pass that in 2013.