Best Strives Sayings
155 Strives quotes by 129 unique authors
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The true painter strives to paint what can only be seen through his world.
— Andre Malraux
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Art strives for form, and hopes for beauty.
— Rose Bird
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Whoever is not satisfied with Christ alone, strives after something beyond absolute perfection.
— John Calvin
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Madness is a special form of the spirit and clings to all teachings and philosophies, but even more to daily life, since life itself is…
— Carl Jung
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Freedom is a need of the soul, and nothing else. It is in striving toward God that the soul strives continually after a condition of…
— Whittaker Chambers
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An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death.
— Madalyn Murray O'Hair
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The power of nature is what all art strives to be. The more we can get in tune with the harmony of the planet, the…
— Rick Rubin
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The Way of Tao is this: It strives not, but conquers; It speaks not, but all is made clear; It summons not, but its house…
— Laozi
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The true lover of knowledge naturally strives for truth, and is not content with common opinion, but soars with undimmed and unwearied passion till he…
— Plato
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One of the unique aspects of rowing is that novices strive to perfect the same motions as Olympic contenders. Few other sports can make this…
— Brad Alan Lewis
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The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection.
— William Howard Taft
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The true Mason ever strives to cultivate Masonry in his/her life to the fullest degree possible.
— William Howard Taft
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Christ taught us truth; the Devil teaches us falsehood, and strives in every way to contradict every truth; devising various calumnies against it.
— John of Kronstadt
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Anarchy, when it works to destroy authority in all its aspects, when it demands the abrogation of laws and the abolition of the mechanism that…
— Peter Kropotkin
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In a country where everyone strives for attention, it is better to be bankrupt than to be nothing.
— Nicolas Chamfort
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There is an inherent tendency in all governmental power to recognize no restraints on its operation and to extend the sphere of its dominion as…
— Ludwig von Mises
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So every creative act strives to attain an absolute status; it longs to create a world of beauty to triumph over chaos and convert it…
— Rowan Williams
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Our educational system basically strives for normal-which is too bad. Sometimes the exceptional is classified as abnormal and pushed aside.
— Neil Young
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In essence, sin is all that is in opposition to God. Sin defies God; it violates His character, His law, and His covenant. It fails,…
— Joel Beeke
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All things pass... Patience attains all it strives for.
— Teresa of Avila
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...just as the edifice of all the virtues strives upward toward perfect prayer so will all these virtues be neither sturdy nor enduring unless they…
— John Cassian
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I have written the little work that follows . . . in the role of one who strives to raise his mind to the contemplation…
— Anselm of Canterbury
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Blessed, plainly, is that life which is not valued at the estimation of outsiders, but is known, as judge of itself, by its own inner…
— Ambrose
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Watch yourself with all diligence, lest the enemy steals near and robs you, depriving you of this great treasure, which is inner peace and stillness…
— Lorenzo Scupoli
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There are two types of people: One strives to control his environment, the other strives not to let his environment control him. I like to…
— George Carlin
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