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Endeavour Quotes

Endeavour is effort with a direction, the steady push toward something worth achieving. These quotes range from artistic ambition and the wish to offer audiences something new, to the mixed legacy of a life defined by both success and struggle, to the creative spark that happens when younger and older minds meet. Each one treats endeavour as an ongoing act rather than a single finished result.

Every sustained Life quote about achievement circles back to the same idea: endeavour is a daily choice, not a one-time event.

If any among you covet riches, let him endeavour to overcome, for the victorious not only preserve their own possessions but acquire those of the enemy.

Quotes by Xenophon

The life of Dumas is not only a monument of endeavour and success, it is a sort of labyrinth as well. It abounds in pseudonyms and disguises, in sudden and unexpected appearances and retreats as unexpected and sudden, in scandals...

Quotes by William Ernest Henley

There is something mysteriously powerful that can happen when young, inchoate minds come into contact with older and more worldly ones in a spirit of intellectual and creative endeavour - if I believed in progress, I suppose that's what I'd...

Quotes by Will Self

My constant endeavour is to offer something new to the audience. Every movie I pick, including 'Loafer', which offers a strong mother sentiment, tries to give the audiences a sense of watching something different.

Quotes by Varun Tej

God Quotes

I would endeavour to deserve my life, Sire.

Quotes by Thomas Blood

My endeavour in most of my movies is to inspire people.

Quotes by Sidharth Malhotra

Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.

Quotes by Salman Khurshid

I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me.

Quotes by Richard Steele

What my endeavour is to see a happy Indian team playing cricket.

Quotes by Ravi Shastri

Happy Quotes

I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. It's hard enough to be happy without having legislation against you, too.

Quotes by Rachel Shelley

I am aware that a philosopher's ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God.

Quotes by Nicolaus Copernicus

As a young actor, there's a lot of hubris. You come in with guns blazing, all kinds of ideas as to how you want to play a role, and you endeavour to convince people of your interpretation or your point...

Quotes by Ng Chin Han

We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.

Quotes by Mary Astell

The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others.

Quotes by John Chrysostom

Life Quotes

It is no less the duty of the minority than a majority to endeavour to defend the country.

Quotes by John C. Calhoun

I know it is a somewhat delicate matter to refuse a gift, but in this case the statue is so atrocious that every endeavour should be made to keep it out of the church.

Quotes by Giles Gilbert Scott

In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect, and I loathe the wicked without doing them any injury.

Quotes by Giacomo Casanova

For a scientist, it is a unique experience to live through a period in which his field of endeavour comes to bloom - to be witness to those rare moments when the dawn of understanding finally descends upon what appeared...

Quotes by George Emil Palade

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.

Elbert Hubbard

More Quotes

I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind.

Quotes by Edward Jenner

Frequently Asked Questions

What does endeavour mean in an older, more formal quote here?
One quote uses endeavour in the sense of striving to overcome, noting that the victorious not only keep their own gains but acquire what their rivals held, an older, more formal use of the word.
How does one filmmaker describe their creative endeavour?
They describe their constant endeavour as offering audiences something new with every project they choose, even when a film leans on familiar sentiment.
What does the quote about Dumas say about endeavour and legacy?
It describes Dumas's life as a monument of endeavour and success that is also a labyrinth, full of pseudonyms, disguises, and unexpected turns, showing endeavour can be complicated rather than simply admirable.
How is creative endeavour connected to mentorship in these quotes?
One quote describes something mysteriously powerful happening when young, still-forming minds meet older, more worldly ones in a shared spirit of intellectual and creative endeavour.
Where can I find more quotes about ambition and striving?
See the More quotes collection for further reflections on pushing toward growth and achievement.

For more on ambition and purpose, see Happy quotes, or explore More quotes on striving for growth.