Strive Quotes

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Man is never happy, but spends his whole life in striving after something which he thinks will make him so. — Arthur Schopenhauer
We can redeem anyone who strives unceasingly. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We must strive for freedom if we strive for self-knowledge. The task of self-knowledge and of further self-development is of such importance and seriousness, it… — G I Gurdjieff
We cannot of ourselves estimate the degree of our success in what we strive for. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
And striving to be Man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We must strive to make ourselves really worthy of some employment. We need pay no attention to anything else; the rest is the business of… — Jean de la Bruyere
You undergo too strict a paradox, Striving to make an ugly deed look fair. — William Shakespeare
The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. God wishes, said Calvin, that one should… — Eric Hoffer
Take man's most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then… — Eric Hoffer
The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness… — Eric Hoffer
A society that refuses to strive for superfluities is likely to end up lacking in necessities. — Eric Hoffer
ABNORMAL, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to be abnormal is to be… — Ambrose Bierce
We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us. — Unknown Author
The mind, the soul, becomes ennobled by the endeavour to create something perfect, for God is perfection, and whoever strives after perfection is striving for… — Michelangelo
It is terrifying to see how easily, in certain people, all dignity collapses. Yet when you think about it, this is quite normal since they… — Albert Camus
I will rather suffer a thousand wrongs than offer one. I have always found that to strive with a superior is injurious; with an equal,… — Joseph Hall
When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct reward of which… — Vincent Van Gogh
I shall devote only a few lines to the expression of my belief in the importance of science Â… it is by this daily striving… — Marie Curie
It's not about perfection; it's about the joy of striving. — Thomas Keller
The hallmark of creative people is their mental flexibility... Sometimes they are open and probing, at others they're playful and off-the-wall. At still other times,… — Roger von Oech

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