The desire of excellence is the necessary attribute of those who excel. We work little for a thing unless we wish for… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
A man never is happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so; he… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
In the power and splendor of the universe, inspiration waits for the millions to come. Man has only to strive for it.… — John Masefield Copy Share Image
Too often we participate in the globalization of indifference. May we strive instead to live global solidarity. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
There's never been completion in my football career because I've always been striving for that next thing. — Ryan Giggs Copy Share Image
We live in a world full of accidents finally in which on aesthetic principles have a consistency of which we can be… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
I strive to get better and better in understanding how the world works. — Johanna Konta Copy Share Image
Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The day you don't mess with somebody, that would be exclusive rather than inclusive. I strive to be inclusive. — Ralphie May Copy Share Image
“It is in building the best of our abilities that we ultimately destroy the worst of our liabilities.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
I do - oh, indeed I do - desire to live up to my profession, to be His, for time and eternity.… — Frances Ridley Havergal Copy Share Image
The men and women who have the right ideals . . . are those who have the courage to strive for the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I was brought up, and my sister too, with two people who were always saying, "What you do is really nowhere near… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Integrity is not something that grownups have and adolescents can aspire to. Integrity is something that all of us, at all ages,… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Take thou thy arms and come with me, For we must quit ourselves like men, and strive To air our cause, although… — Homer Copy Share Image
You know, development sometimes is viewed as a project in which you give people things and nothing much happens, which is perfectly… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Now they [NATO and the USA ] are sitting there, and we are talking about all these crises we would otherwise not… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Only in a free society do individuals have the best chance to seek virtue, strive for excellence, improve their economic well-being, and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I never retouch a sketch: I take a canvas the same size, as I may change the composition somewhat. But I always… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
For years I have endeavored to calm an impetuous tide -- laboring to make my feelings take an orderly course -- it… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“If you hold a candle close to you, its flame rises. And if you hold it away from you, its flame shrinks.… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
In education, we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life. — William Allen White Copy Share Image