Famous quotes containing the word strive:
“The rule for every man is, not to depend on the education which other men have prepared for him,—not even to consent to it; but to strive to see things as they are, and to be himself as he is. Defeat lies in self-surrender.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.”
—Richard Rorty (b. 1931)
“I make no complaint. I am a writer. I do not accept my condition; I will strive to change it; but I inhabit it, I am trying to learn from it.”
—Salman Rushdie (b. 1947)