Nothing good ever happens by itself - it is achieved through striving, though this sometimes bears a high price.
Most of us entered journalism and joined 'news organizations' because we care about the greater good. We strive to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it. But we will escape it only by adding something better to it.
You can't start with imbalance and end with peace, be that in your own body, in an ecosystem or between a government and its people. What we need to strive for is not perfection, but balance.
The most important thing to strive for in life is some kind of personal and professional achievement. Not as a man or a woman, but as a person.
My commitment is to strive to lean on the Lord with my whole heart, reading His word daily and earnestly seeking His will in my life.
Instead of you trying to impress others, why don't you strive to become the one that people would love to positively impress?
You too could strive, thrive, and become as great or even greater than the people that you admire.
No one can be a better you than you. Therefore, striving continuously to become a better you is the only path to your greatness.
I don't and will never search for perfection; I only strive for self-fulfillment. Searching for perfection is an assured path to disappointment.
I think every artist strives for a record that crosses all energy, lines, boundaries or languages or barriers.
I think I always just want to get better at whatever I'm doing... Always strive for excellence.
The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval.
We should all strive to be extraordinary, and that starts with a focus on our own capabilities instead of those of our opponents.
The Lord is pleased with every effort, even the tiny, daily ones in which we strive to be more like Him.
Artists strive for perfection. But what they often fail to see is that the beauty, the humanity, lies within the flaws.
Immortality is not a gift, Immortality is an achievement; And only those who strive mightily Shall possess it.
We certainly strive for trying to make a quality record throughout, and I think that's true of all of our records.
I often wrangle with myself as an actor, and wrestle with the process. In striving for authenticity I often have the feeling I am falling short.
Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.
There is no prize in sales for second place. It's win or nothing. The masters know this and strive for - they fight for - that winning edge.
