Quotes About Striving

In the diary you find proof that in situations which today would seem unbearable, you lived, looked around and wrote down observations, that this right hand moved then as it does today, when we may be wiser because we are able to look back upon our former condition, and for that very reason have got to admit the courage of our earlier striving in which we persisted even in sheer ignorance.

Theoretically there is a perfect possibility of happiness: believing in the indestructible element in oneself and not striving towards it.

In the diary one finds proof that, even in conditions that today seem unbearable, one lived, looked around and wrote down observations, that this right hand thus moved as it does today, when the possibility of surveying our condition at that time does make us wiser, but we therefore must recognize all the more the undauntedness of our striving at that time, which in sheer ignorance nonetheless sustained itself.

can venture nothing for myself as long as I have achieved no greater work that satisfies me fully. That is certainly irrefutable.

The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer that one draws the strength for one's striving.

Since everyone strives for the law, says the man, how is it that in all these years nobody but me has asked for admittance? The doorkeeper sees that the man is at an end, and, to reach his fading senses, bellows his answer, None but you could gain admittance here, for this entrance was meant only for you. I shall close it now.

Nobody expected me to win Wimbledon. It was something to strive for.

Yes, it was fun playing the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. But I just wasn't satisfied. To have that one big win in a big tournament on that big stage - I don't have that.

The true competitors, though, are the ones who always play to win.

You can't always win - although we always try!

If you're going to play at all, you're out to win. Baseball, board games, playing Jeopardy, I hate to lose.

God creates us to compete. He creates us to win. It matters. But you've got no chance if you don't do your best.

It's hard to win when you always lose.

You can always argue you're never good enough until you win the Super Bowl. And even then, you're going to lose players, and you're not good enough then, either.

It doesn't matter if it's Spencer Dinwiddie, Taurean Prince, DeAndre Jordan, I'm trying to win that matchup every time.

There's so many levels. You can rise on the day to win a national event or a world title but the level you need to rise to win an Olympics Games is another one altogether.

I can't say, 'It doesn't matter if you win or lose.' It's not true. You go in to win.

My restlessness leaves my mind racing as I try to wind down at the end of mandatory recovery day. It keeps me tossing after poor performances. And if I played well, well... playing well makes me itch to play better; there is always room for improvement.

If everybody's a winner, nobody has to try very hard.

In a competition, there's always winners and losers. And I think everyone is here to win, which makes it fun for us all.

That's what the game is all about. It's winning.

Winning, to me, is easy. Winning more is the challenge.

Winning isn't everything, but playing and competing and striving and going through things can be a lot of fun and really important. As long as you're doing it in a way that's healthy, sports can be an incredible opportunity.

My goal was to be the starting quarterback at Texas Tech and I didn't reach that goal.