Quotes About Striving

U ljudskom bi?u ne postoji savršenstvo, ali se može biti savršen idiot ako tome težiš.

The desire to hit a big home run is dominating the music business.

In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.

In searching for ways to bridge the generation gap, there is no doubt that we, as parents, will have to practice what we preach, by striving more to bring our conduct into line with our code of beliefs.

If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying.

Nothing ever comes to me, that is worth having, except as the result of hard work.

Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work

Ambition, in one respect, is like a singer's voice; pitched at too high a key, it breaks and comes to nothing.

Perfection is not given to any man. But an aspiration to perfection—to the highest possible standards in every aspect of life—is possible.

Nothing so consumes a person as meaningless exertion

There should be a democracy of voices in literature. There are people who live with a kind of striving and with a certain kind of tenderness - it's not an unusual thing - and maybe that's not written about enough.

The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs.

Since day one, my inception, when I came into the world - I had my eyes on power. The WWE championship is power.

After a century of striving, after a year of debate, after a historic vote, health care reform is no longer an unmet promise. It is the law of the land.

No one is mocked with the yearning for that which he has no ability to attain. If he holds the right mental attitude and struggles earnestly, honestly toward his goal, he will reach it, or at least approximate to it.

I have to work really hard to get the record deal - I have to spend years at it to get good. I have to practice to be good at guitar.

There's really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways that inspired the world of 'Divergent,' in which everyone is striving toward that ideal and falling short of it.

Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part.

I'm sorry, okay, I'm not perfect, but I'm trying.

From observations arising from deep experiential therapy, the determined striving for external goals and the pursuit of success do very little in overcoming feelings of inadequacy and low self-esteem, no matter the outcome of these endeavors. The feelings of inferiority cannot be resolved by mobilizing one's forces to overcompensate them, but by confronting them experientially and surrendering to them.

What if you have a genuine and captivating beauty that is marred only by your striving?

great creative gifts do not mean fulness and giving out of abundance. On the contrary the expression is that of one who seeks help and strives to emancipate himself.

In Sullivan's interpersonal framework, the patient is viewed as striving to maintain security in her dealings with others. Past relationships have resulted in deep pain and humiliation; security operations have developed to ward off those dangers in present relationships. The scene of the action is in the patient's interactions with others.

All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.