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Striving Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.
- 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…
- 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…
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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
- By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else. Winning is important to any man's… — A. Bartlett Giamatti
- All this struggling and striving to make the world better is a great mistake. Not that it's wrong to try to improve… — George Bernard Shaw
- Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable… — Dalai Lama
- 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
- When a man imagines, even after years of striving, that he has attained perfection, his decline begins. — Theodore Martin