Quotes About Striving

There something to be said for having even unrealistic dreams. Even if the dreams don't come true - that, to me, is what's beautiful about Los Angeles. It's full of these people who have moved there to chase these dreams.

I have been very hard on myself and strived for unrealistic goals of perfection.

In my work I think what drives me is perfection. I'm a chronically unsatisfied guy.

We humans are here because nothing can be perfect. There always have to be some living things that are unsatisfied, itchy, trying too hard. If it was all just animals and rocks and lettuce, the gods wouldn't feel like they had enough to do.

I'm a person and an actor that's constantly unsatisfied. I'm always reaching for something higher.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.

Really, you don't lose until you stop trying.

I want to keep grabbing, keep reaching, keep crawling, keep grinding and excelling until I can go no higher.

All you can do as an artist is just strive to make the best record you can and ride the rollercoaster as it goes up and down.

I'm always upset about not doing things as good as I think I could have because I care.

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

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

Nobody knows that they're going to be Champions - you have to work to get there.

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business.

Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

The only difference between dreams and achievements is hard work.

No great achiever - even those who made it seem easy - ever succeeded without hard work.

Doing your best means never stop trying.

When it comes to my art work I would say that I am a perfectionist, although my sketchbook, and my process, is a mess.

It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.

O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

Whereas it is difficult for everything to work out easily, A man cannot even afford to be a human

Only super-efforts count.