Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Striving

He that will not strive in this world should not have come into it.Italian.

He who strives to do, does more than he who has the power.Spanish.

No striving against the stream.

Strive not against the stream.

Striving to better, oft we mar what’s well.Shakespeare.