endeavor

Speech parts

1. endeavor - Noun

2. endeavor - Verb

To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.

To exert one's self; to work for a certain end.

An exertion of physical or intellectual strength toward the attainment of an object; a systematic or continuous attempt; an effort; a trial.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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endeavored endeavoring

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. Epictetus

I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality. Joseph Addison

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

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestioned ability of a man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. Henry David Thoreau

Endeavor to bear the ignorance of fortune with patience. Greek Proverb

Life without endeavor is like entering a jewel-mine and coming out with empty hands. Japanese Proverb