Quotes About Strive

If your work is going to draw from life, you'd better work very hard to keep up with reality.

It grieves us to produce work that is not perfect.

It has been universally recognized, in all authentic teachings of mankind, that every being born into this world has to work, not merely to keep himself alive, but to strive towards perfection.

I can only strive for what is important

I'm just looking to be in the best movies possible and do the best work possible and try to become a better actor and make better movies.

I don't mind competition at all. I mean, the record business is the most competitive business in the world, probably. So I'm used to that. In a weird way, it kind of makes you work harder.

Wish for what you want, work for what you need. -Carmen's grandmother

We need a top-to-bottom review of every economic development and assistance program we have to ensure that they encourage everyone to strive instead of settle, because there is dignity in all work.

There are two great things that we need to find in life: one is love, probably the most important, and the second is work, and they compete with one another from time to time.

I work very hard to achieve simplicity, which is never natural, never spontaneous. It's always obtained at the price of a great effort.

We must help the reformers of the Middle East as they work for freedom, and strive to build a community of peaceful, democratic nations.

People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their society. They study, save, work, strive and vote. And people trapped in a culture of tenancy do not.

Better to work and fail than to sleep one's life away.

For basically two years, I took acting classes and found my own stride in L.A.

I made a really good start to my career, and there was a lot of speculation about where I'd end up going. Like I did then, I'm just trying to take this all in my stride and keep my feet on the ground.

On 'Voice Kids' we were always so conscious to really take care of the kids and their families throughout the process. But to be honest the kids took it more in their stride.

Being a baseball player is most important, first and foremost. Obviously, there are other obligations that come with everything. You just need to balance it and take it in stride, but at the same time, be mindful of your time and prioritize everything and what is most beneficial.

The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it.

We must constantly learn, adjust, improve, and strive to be better.

Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.

Nobody wants to be depressed - everybody's trying to feel better; when they strive and fail, it's all the more poignant.

As artists, we must not go down to the level of the masa; we should bring them up, intellectualize our languages, create classics out of our folk arts. We can do this if we are true to our roots and strive for excellence.

Competition is very good... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive.