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Strive Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.
- A just society must strive with all its might to right wrongs even if righting wrongs is a highly perilous undertaking. But if it is…
- Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others. We usually strive to reveal in others the blemishes we hide in ourselves.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- A society that refuses to strive for superfluities is likely to end up lacking in necessities.
- Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
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- In the future, instead of striving to be right at a high cost, it will be more appropriate to be flexible and… — Edward de Bono
- I came to the conclusion that we should aspire to increase the scope and scale of human consciousness in order to better… — Elon Musk
- Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors,… — Teresa of Avila
- The past is our definition. We may strive with good reason to escape it, or to escape what is bad in it.… — Wendell Berry
- Nicole Kidman in particular seems to bring out the butt-kisser in the sassiest of hackettes, as they ceaselessly strive to portray her… — Julie Burchill
- It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving; and also every man may draw comfort from Lessing's… — Albert Einstein
- All that lives is striving for happiness; yet a thousand and one pains and fears attend upon every pleasure which man seeks… — Meher Baba