Quotes About Striving

Thus, it is necessary even for the most accomplished (but who wishes to accomplish still more) to retain identification with the as yet unsuccessful; to appreciate the striving toward competence; to carefully and with true humility subordinate him or herself to the current game; and to develop the knowledge, self-control, and discipline necessary to make the next move.

The winners don't take all, but they take most, and the bottom is not a good place to be.

For there is no doubt that the most radical division that is possible to make of humanity is that which splits into two classes of creatures: those who make great demands on themselves, piling up difficulties and duties; and those who demand nothing special of themselves, but for whom to live is to be every moment what they already are, without imposing on themselves any effort towards perfection; mere boys that float on the waves.

For there is no doubt that the most radical division that it is possible to make of humanity is that which splits it into two classes of creatures: those who make great demands on themselves, piling up difficulties and duties; and those who demand nothing special of themselves, but for whom to live is to be every moment what they already are, without imposing on themselves any effort towards perfection; mere buoys that float on the waves.

From my point of view it is immoral for a being not to make the most intense effort every instant of his life.

El hombre mediocre que se aventura en la liza social tiene apetitos urgentes: el éxito. No sospecha que existe otra cosa, la gloria, ambicionada solamente por los caracteres superiores.

quien quiere agradar, se esmera.

Tis not in mortals to command success; but we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.

It is difficult to be ambitious without also being envious.

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

Trying to accumulate wealth by the sweat of your brow and hard labor is one way to become the richest man in the graveyard. You do not have to strive or slave hard.

We cannot count on seeing our work completed here below, and happy is the man whose will is not too painfully invested in his efforts. No house is built, no plan created, in which ruin is not the cornerstone, and what lives imperishably in us does not reside in our works.

Bisogna dunque tendere a ciò che si vuole, facendo quel che si può.

Artists who seek perfection in everything achieve it in nothing (14 March 1858)

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

We work hard for something, get it and then find we don't want it. We struggle for years to get to the top and find life there thoroughly boring.

It's a great game - the pursuit of happiness.

your outer will power may also have succeeded to build an eventful outer life that fills the void to a degree as long as you do not hold still. However, this is but temporary peace before the storm.

People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to the top level. And you have the people who get envy and jealous, yet are not willing to put that work in, and they want to get the same praise.

My whole career, I've been climbing or chasing or hunting something.

Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end.

I want to go higher and higher and keep improving.

Nobody's perfect and nobody is without mistakes. The only thing you have to make sure of is you keep improving.

Wise men, in modern times, are striving earnestly and zealously to, as far as possible, free religion from the cramping and deadening effect of creeds and formularies, in order that it may be able to expand with the expanding thought of the day.