“ Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary. Sarah Ban Breathnach
“ One of the ability of humility is the ability to take the second place without striving for self-promotion Sunday Adelaja
“ Those of you who are convinced that you missed your calling, open all doors keep the entrance way clear. This way you will not miss that next call. Victoria Addino
“ I was striving to be the most muscular man, and it got me into the movies. It got me everything that I have. Arnold Schwarzenegger
“ All striving comes from lack, from a dissatisfaction with one's condition, and is thus suffering as long as it is not satisfied; but no satisfaction is lasting; instead, it is only the beginning of a… Arthur Schopenhauer
“ But in the next world I shan't be doing music, with all the striving and disappointments. I shall be being it. Ralph Vaughan Williams
“ Men in the vehement pursuit of happiness grasp at the first object which offers to them any prospect of satisfaction, but immediately they turn an introspective eye and ask, ‘Am I happy?’ and at once… Johann Gottlieb Fichte
“ The life of hero is the tale of a person overcoming personal hardship and obstacles while striving to achieve an exultant victory that voices repressed citizens’ ecstatic thoughts and dreams. Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Not his match! And have you not the heart in you to be anything but best? How many are his match? How many in this world do you think stand in the front rank? Are all the rest of us to give up and sit… Edith Pargeter
“ Even if we’ve never been inside a synagogue or a mosque or a church—even if we have, and vowed never to go back—deep down in our striving hearts, beneath all the ambition and the fear, we suspect that… Heather Choate Davis
“ Be not virtuous beyond your powers! And seek nothing from yourselves opposed to probability!...Shy, ashamed, awkward, like the tiger whose spring hath failed—thus, ye higher men, have I often seen you… Friedrich Nietzsche
“ All people intuitively seek emotional equanimity, freedom from anxiety, distress, and trepidation that might cause a person to lose symmetrical balance of their mind. Nature intended for human beings… Kilroy J. Oldster
“ Yet the human heart is disheartened by the most unreasonable self-judgments, because even when we take on giants, we too often confuse failure with fault, which I know too well. The only way back from… Dean Koontz
“ One never stops climbing, Julie, unless he wants to stop and vegetate. There’s always something just ahead. Irene Hunt
“ Thou hast gone on in all thy life hitherto, ever since thou wast born, in a continual opposition to God Himself, unto the infinite Lord, the eternal first being of all the world; thy life hath been no… Jeremiah Burroughs
“ (On the seeming futility of metaphysics) Why then has nature afflicted our reason with the restless striving for such a path, as if it were one of reason's most important occupations? Still more, how… Immanuel Kant
“ We all are striving for something every minute of the day, whether we realize it or not. Tim Hiller
