Best 350 quotes in «strive quotes» category

In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf.

In my youth,geology was nervously striving to accommodate itself to Genesis. Now it is Genesis that is striving to accommodate itself to geology.

In order to grow, you must learn to let go and strive toward something greater.

In proportion as we endeavor to live according to the guidance of reason, shall we strive as much as possible to depend less on hope, to liberate ourselves from fear, to rule fortune, and to direct our actions by the sure counsels of reason.

In striving to produce an attractive headline, the copywriter should not emphasize the "quick, easy way" to such an extent that the headline becomes unbelievable.

Integrity is not something that grownups have and adolescents can aspire to. Integrity is something that all of us, at all ages, are constantly striving for.

In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and plural at a lower cost. If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures.

In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.

I probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well

In whatever you do, strive to be the best at it.

I strive to express the spiritual nature of the universe.

I strive to find materials that will engage students, expand their capacities as critical readers and thinkers, and feel immediately relevant to their daily lives and future work in court and social service systems.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and become obscure.

It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.

It is best, it seems to me, to separate one's inner striving from one's trade as far as possible. It is not good when one's daily break is tied to God's special blessing.

It is great to love life. Accept life as a precious gift from the hand of God and strive to make the most of it.

It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you.

It is not wrong to strive to be better than a fellow human being. Nor is it wrong to desire to be better or even to feel like oneself is better than a fellow human being. What is wrong is to gloat in one's own virtue. Therefore, gloating in one's own virtue is not virtuous.

I think that fortune watcheth o'er our lives, surer than we. But well said: he who strives will find his goals strive for him equally.

I think were all a part of something. We're striving (to be) more than we are...I really don't only see religion as being for people who are perfect. They've got it all set. And I'm not like that.

It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.

It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.

Knowledge we have. Anyone who strives for it with particular intensity is suspect of striving against it.

I will rather suffer a thousand wrongs than offer one. I have always found that to strive with a superior is injurious; with an equal, doubtful; with an inferior, sordid and base; with any, full of unquietness.

Karl Marx did not call for an opposition to the forces of history. On the contrary he accepted all of them, the drive of technology, the revolutionizing effects of democratic striving, even the vagaries of capitalism, as being indeed the carriers of a brighter future.

Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five; For, howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five; He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five.

It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation.

It's completely legitimate for a company to continue striving for growth and higher profits. But business activities have to be conducted in a sustainable manner.

It's not about perfection; it's about the joy of striving.

Man does not strive for happiness; only the Englishman does that.

Let our lives be in accordiance with our convictions of right, each striving to carry out our principles

Let us live in the harness, striving mightily.

Let us daily strive to copy our Savior's humility.

Life is only meaningful when we are striving for a goal .

Man's restlessness makes him strive.

Objective is the wrong word. Rather, it's fairness. Objectivity is a false God. Instead we should strive for fairness and transparency.

... many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Mozart, striving for perfection, wrote the same symphony forty-one times. In his case, it worked. He wrote a perfect symphony.

Nigeria has no business with poverty. With our human and material resources, we shall strive to eradicate poverty from our country.

Nothing good ever happens by itself - it is achieved through striving, though this sometimes bears a high price.

Nothing is difficult to mortals; we strive to reach heaven itself in our folly. [Lat., Nil mortalibus arduum est; Coelum ipsum petimus stultitia.]

Most great books have been about striving in some sense. In a sense, money is the great topic of the novel. You couldn't necessarily say that about poetry.

Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.

On course doesn't mean perfect. On course means that even when things don't go perfectly - you are still going in the right direction.

Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts and strives without fear to do justice to them.

One errs as long as one strives.

Our religion doesn't demand perfection but instead a manageable strive to better ourselves.

Our immediate striving must be aimed at preventing what, in the present situation, is the greatest threat to the very survival of mankind, the nuclear threat.

Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it.