Quotes About Striving

Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize?

She was a mild, inoffensive, well-meaning creature, with a face not unlike that of an amiable horse, and she spent most of her life striving so hard to do the right thing and invariably doing the wrong one.

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for.

No book I publish will be perfect, but I need to feel I've taken it as far as I can.

As an amateur, there are three rounds, and you have to give it all you have, throw as many punches as you can.

I'm pretty aware that the pursuit of perfection is, inherently, a flawed concept.

One of the cool things about amateur athletics is that, I think, the pursuit is sort of the pursuit of excellence for nothing more than trying to be excellent.

I push for what I think can be the best, and if I feel they're not going for the best, it kills me.

I'm never satisfied with anything. It can make things hard for myself, but it also pushes me.

There is no better feeling than knowing you are pushing for something.

No one puts higher expectations on themselves than I do.

If you don't play well, people don't watch the game, but if you have scored, your name flashes up; it doesn't matter how you've played. So as a striker, that is what I've got to try to do - make sure I score - and if you're doing that, you're also helping the team.

I'm gonna run the floor. I'll do the best I can.

I think if you try a little bit too hard sometimes, you can kind of shoot yourself in the foot.

You can put too much pressure on yourself. You can start forcing balls, maybe trying too hard. You make things too complicated.

When I played for the first time against France, I wanted more.

I wasn't playing at Arsenal, and I was frustrated. I was doing everything I could do, looking after myself, scoring, and playing in the Europa League then when the cup came, but it wasn't enough for me, and I wanted more.

I always want to do my very best, and it's frustrating to have something hold me back.

I never made a film which fully satisfied me.

She had to strive to make every thought obedient to the love of Christ whatever violent feelings churned within her. She had to take her every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and leave no room for anger and jealousy and thoughts of revenge.

We try to do a little better than the previous generation and find out in the end we've made the same mistakes without intending. Instead of striving to love as God first loved us, we let past hurts and grievances rule. Ignorance is no excuse.

The more she tried to live a perfect life for God, the more she recognized her failings.

Man strives to do things his own way, and yet, it is always Your will that prevails.

Riots and comedy are but symptoms of the times, profoundly revealing. They betray the psychological tone, the deep uncertainties…and the striving for something better, plus the fear that nothing would come of it all.