Strive to be successful and nothing less.

Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.

— William Arthur Ward

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.

— Sophocles

Bobby Heenan did what every announcer should strive to do and that is to make talent bigger stars than they are and to embellish…

— Jim Ross

The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile.…

— Alan Kulwicki

Assuming normal winter weather, we currently anticipate the coal markets to remain difficult through 2015; while we always strive to operate a full capacity…

— Joe Craft

we need not avoid our active lives, but simply bring to them a new vision and shift of gravity. for in the center we…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“In this life we get only those things for which we strive, for which we hunt and for which we are willing to sacrifrice.”

— George Matthew Addams

When I paint, I never think of selling. People simply fail to understand that we paint in order to experiment and to develop ourselves…

— Edvard Munch

Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal. You, O worthy one, are…

— Anonymous

Most importantly, I strive for function above all in every house.

— Hilary Farr

What I strive to do is make my characters seem like real people so that the reader experiences them as people - that's something…

— Jaume Cabre

It is an error common to many artists, who strive merely to avoid mistakes, when all our efforts should be to create positive and…

— Edward Steichen

A tribe, let us say, is warlike. The successes for which it strives, the achievements upon which it sets store, are connected with fighting…

— John Dewey

When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection, his decline begins.

— Theodore Martin

The Qur'an does not ask for human perfection, but rather asks that we persevere in striving for self-improvement and that we never become complacent…

— Jeffrey Lang