Quotes About Striving

Man does not strive for happiness; only the Englishman does that.

A man is a man to the extent that he is a superman. A man should be defined by the sum of those tendencies which impel him to surpass the human condition.

Helmut Lang is an amazing man - always striving, always moving forward.

Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.

If little labour, little are our gains: Man's fortunes are according to his pains.

It is a striving to attain the best. To throttle it would mean to stop all progress. Certain men do not need to compete. They are pioneers.

What greater glory attends a man than what he wins with his racing feet and his striving hands?

Man must strive, and striving he must err.

Man errs, till he has ceased to strive.

Time is not money or gold; it is life itself and is limited. You must begin to appreciate every moment of your life and always strive to make the best use of it.

Grind until you get it no matter what the haters say and never look back, keep striving cause its your life.

Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best, but you feel you can always be better.

Luck influences everything in life, but nothing beats setting goals and striving body and soul to achieve them.

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

The difference between good and great is just a little extra effort.

The one thing that matters is the effort.

I can live with the pain of losing but I can't live with the thought of not having tried my best.

A champion is someone who does not settle for that day's practice, that day's competition, that day's performance. They are always striving to be better. They don't live in the past.

It's nice to be the best, but not when being the best brings out the worst in you.

I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human.

Criticism does not disturb me, for I am my own severest critic. Always in my playing I strive to surpass myself, and it is this constant struggle that makes music fascinating to me.

I compulsively reach for perfection in music, often at the expense of everything else in my life.

While people are struggling unhappily in the cities against the cruel authorities, a waterfall happily and cheerfully flows in the nature; there is happiness only if there is freedom!

Hell is our creation, and we create hell by trying to do the impossible. Heaven is our nature, it is our spontaneity. It is where we always are.