115 quotes about striving follow in order of popularity. Be sure to bookmark and share your favorites!

What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.

Oprah Winfrey

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

Chuang Tzu

Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty, it is it's own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.

Mahatma Gandhi

Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.

Albert Einstein

The partnership with MoneyGaming provides our users with a unique and sophisticated gaming experience. MGN Digital is constantly striving to offer the very best in online entertainment and we felt that it was essential to partner with a skills gaming company that could deliver a wide range of exciting products and greater opportunities to win high stakes.

Julia Smith

We've been striving to make this for quite a while.

Chris Chambers

When faced with a mountain, I will not quit! I will keep striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine, with God's help.

Robert Half

Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an after-life.

Arianna Stassinopoulos

So I do think of myself in that way as hopefully someone who will go on as long as there's an audience and as long as I can without striving to have huge hit records because I think in a way if I'd had hit singles or something like that years ago it would have been difficult for me to carry on the way I have.

Jack Bruce

We are really striving to have children go through there, at least the Survive Alive house, sometime this year.

Diane Vannoort

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.

Rick Cook

We support breast-feeding as the first option for mothers, but there are those mothers who bottle-feed through choice or necessity. For them the industry is striving to improve the product, to make it as good for the babies as possible.

Roger Clark

It comes down to effort and desire. Our effort was there against Oakland. We held them to a very low shooting percentage, but we just didn't go get the ball when the shot went up. That second and third effort is what we're striving to get back at this point and time.

Leslie Crane

I think anytime you play a game like that it makes you more determined. Nobody likes to end their season with a loss. And while it's been an excellent season up to this point, we're still learning and striving to improve. It's an ongoing process. We still can get better.

Charles Mcdonald

The difference between a B and an A is a little bit extra effort every single day. And I think the young men on this team exemplify that. They're scholars in the classroom who are great football players ... always striving for excellence.

Dave Humphers

Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.

Pat Riley

The world we are striving for must be a civilized one in which all nations enjoy the same benefits of the scientific and technological revolution.

Tran Duc Luong

Iran is striving to take a dominant position in the region, and its nuclear program is the most suitable means of achieving this.

Alexei Arbatov

Whatever course you have chosen for yourself, it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving.

David Sarnoff

We've been looking forward to this since we started playing in the summer. This is what we've been striving for. All the running, all the lifting, all the conditioning - this is what we worked for.

Steffan Johnson

Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves.

John le Carre

The market was striving for newness and someone to bring a new concept and invention. We shook the industry up from the big boys who had had the market to themselves. We got lots of PR, invented products and took a market share.

Michelle Mone

When there is life and mankind, a person will live striving for good deeds, liberty and a bright life, and wish that goodness and justice will reign in the world.

Islom Karimov

I'm ready to go. I'm really trying to win a championship this year. That's what I'm striving for. There are a lot of new guys and there have been some huge changes, but I think it's all for the best to help this team become a champion.

Amare Stoudemire

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

Thomas a Kempis

We're just striving to get guys through this week. I'm hoping to get between four and eight guys through. If we get eight, that would be great. If we get four, it's going to be a struggle. We usually end up right in the middle of what I think, so we'll probably get five or six.

Ricky Shook

Last night's play demonstrated a very nice progression towards the sort of team game we have been striving for. We're not totally there yet, but we are definitely on our way.

Kathleen Miller

All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.

Ralph Ransom

It feels great. This is something we were striving for all year long. It's a special feeling to have my son win the MVP and to lead us to the championship.

Joe Marchand

We are striving ever more to globalize our curriculum. We are seeking to get more international students and more international involvement in the advisory boards.

Ned Hill

There is always things to work on - we need to be a little more consistent in our serving, and I want us to be a little more consistent hitting. As a coach, you are always striving for perfection and if we will keep playing at this level, I feel really good about the team.

John Mccullough

The work ethic of this group is very good and they are always striving to improve.

Dave Scott

Unfortunately an apology, no matter how heartfelt, just doesn't carry enough potency in a situation like this to bring any real comfort or amend any of the wrong. I understand completely that certain actions have certain consequences. . . . But after considering my case, perhaps there might be a clear basis for striving to seek a merciful course within the bounds of justice.

Michael Morales

You're always striving for the pollsters to translate into an excellent spring. But there are seven or eight teams in the SEC that can honestly challenge for (the conference), so it should be pretty exciting.

Michael Hegarty

I worked hard and made my own way, just as my father had. And just, I'm sure, as he hoped I would. I learned, from observing him, the satisfaction that comes from striving and seeing a dream fulfilled.

Sigourney Weaver

We're constantly striving at The Times and Democrat to provide information to our readers that is timely and useful and valuable. That includes news and advertising ... anything that makes life easier and better for the residents of The T&D Region.

Cathy Hughes

Our goals have been fairly consistent - just striving to make it the best festival as we could.

Ashley Capps

As they approach the new millennium, organizations are striving to realize new levels of competitiveness, productivity and customer service through the use of leading-edge information technologies.

Lawrence Weinbach

I was shocked but I think the lads, regardless of what happens, always stick together. I don't feel there will be a problem with the manager. Even if there was, the players are always together and striving for the same goals, which is to bring the World Cup home. I don't think it will have any negative effect; hopefully it'll have a positive one.

Ledley King

We never sit back and relax. The bar keeps moving up and like a football game we may celebrate right after the game, but on Saturday morning we are planning for the next win. We are constantly striving for the next level.

Harry Kemp

Including college viewing in the national ratings will give our clients a more complete picture of television viewing, particularly among young adults. Nielsen is continuously striving to improve the accuracy and completeness of its measurements. Expanding the National sample to include out-of-home college students is one of many initiatives we are pursuing.

Sara Erichson

This is just another way the local Fraternal Order of Police is striving to serve the people of Chilton County.

Jay Edwards

Our total focus is to provide superior film post production for our clients. The film industry runs on an adrenaline high at all times and it's our job to make the post process run smoothly, without missing a beat in perfecting the look the client is striving for .

Billy Baldwin

Continuation of me striving to be right spiritually. The assumption is that a person who does Christian music is automatically connected (to God). That's so untrue ... I hope this music is a reflection of the connection I have. I'm very proud to be a Christian.

Kirk Franklin

The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice; rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.

Thomas a Kempis

All of the players are striving to improve on fairways hit, greens in regulation and lowering their putt totals. If everyone shows improvement in those three areas, we will continue to lower our team totals.

Kevin Moen

I'm striving for state. Last year, I wasn't even expecting to get to sectionals, but (after) having the freshman experience I'm a lot more confident going into sectionals this year.

Alex Becka

I guess one of the big things is that it is a unique opportunity and you never know if you'll have another one down the road. One of the things I tell my players, and I include myself in that, is the process of striving for self-improvement. I look at this as a great opportunity for professional development.

Craig Beaucamp

Obviously we're happy and so forth, but we know that there's Concordia and (Nebraska) Wesleyan waiting this week and then the playoffs. We don't want it to be the end-all. We want to keep striving for our best performance.

Rich Mcgill

Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail: a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.

Frances Rodman

They're trying to do a lot of different things to provide for a variety of needs out there. They've had mixed success. But there's a lot of creativity and they're striving to capture more advertisers.

Greg Sterling

The dedicated physician is constantly striving for a balance between personal, human values, scientific realities and the inevitabilities of God's will.

David Allman

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order.

Friedrich August Hayek

Fuel diversity is something we've been striving for for a long time. I think the nation as a whole is beginning to reassess its options.

Bill Swank

They are going to turn a lot of attention to a growth strategy ... striving to meet the investor growth expectations that underlie the stock price.

Bill Cline

I'm striving to get better and be consistent, ... A lot of the time my technique was not as on key as we thought it should be. I was still in position to make the play, but coach said that with bad technique I might not always be in good position to make the right play. I need to get that technique down first.

Carlos Rogers

Our community expects us to be Recognized, and that's what we're striving for.

Brad Lancaster

Once you come to Texas, you automatically get that feeling that you're striving for excellence.

Daniel Gibson

We're striving to clean up the process. It's a compromise that everyone is frustrated with. I'm sure we're going to have some pretty heated debates about it.

Rep. Kathleen Curry

It'd be great. That's what we're striving for, but not just in Boston. The goal is to get the U.S. back to where it was because we kind of became the joke of distance running internationally. And I can't stand for other countries to look at us like we're these 'lazy Americans.' I hate that.

Brian Sell

It is "lifestyle" journalism the way Chaucer first invented it, and the Times, onto a good thing, is uninhibitedly publishing articles on the passing of a cuckolded poet, a rock promoter strangely addicted to collecting orangutans and an Italian writer striving "to avoid becoming a bore."

Francis X. Clines

For the initial Memory Ride, we had six riders, consisting of mostly family and friends. And last year, 150 riders from all over the country participated in what truly turned out to be a terrific event. This year marks our 10th Anniversary and we are still striving to promote awareness of Alzheimer's as well as help fund research.

John Noonan

This is a good road win for us. But it was indicative of how we have played on the road - really good at times and other times not so good. We are striving to find some kind of consistency.

Bob Burton

We're on target for our top-three performance that we predicted at these Games and are striving for.

Shane Pearsall

We are striving to increase productivity to fight spiraling dollar costs.

Mauricio Botelho

This is about striving to be more environmentally friendly.

David Gunasegaram

One of the biggest discussions in music right now is whether Shostakovich was completely repressed by the Stalinist regime or if he had coded messages showing he was striving for his own personal freedom throughout his music, or if he was a party member happy to be there.

Patrick Gardner

The kids are really determined to beat the school record of 24 wins. We've really been striving to practice the way we play.

Patrick Carlson

Our clients demand the latest in communications technology to stay ahead of their competitors and drive order flow. Our creative technology and development team are consistently striving to provide more intelligent, targeted communications and ROI tools to our clients.

Furqan Nazeeri

We are proud of the improvements that we have made since 2004. We are going to keep striving to do better.

Justin Glover

As everybody has wished for a long time, I'd like to see higher and better uses in that part of the community. That's what we're striving for.

Mayor Mary Manross

If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died, and here in endless glory rest.

Simonides

The operators are striving to give users a better mobile data experience; having to insert a card and install software is a hassle for some users, and often a barrier to adoption.

David Gordon

I think striving for bipartisanship is a good idea because it not only helps to make things happen, but it also satisfies more people's needs.

Katie Hickson

Casually elegant. Barefoot elegant. Not ultra fancy. That's what we are striving for here.

Julie Norton

The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

She set the bar high and we're striving to work hard enough to go up and above the standard. As a whole, we've worked hard to get where we are.

Jill Deroche

Make full use of your time in the school to learn more knowledge. Try to keep good health by doing more physical exercises and have a clear target. If you keep striving for that, I believe you could finally realize your dream.

Nie Haisheng

[Because] experts are too good at what they do, ... Amateurs are always striving ... This book is based on my mistakes as much as my accomplishments and I do not claim authority, just enthusiasm.

Anna Johnson

The demand for talent has risen as companies invest more heavily in their marketing strategies. As a result, businesses are striving to retain their best people, and creative professionals have more leverage in terms of compensation.

Tracey Turner

Those who have high thoughts are ever striving; they are not happy to remain in the same place. Like swans that leave their lake and rise into the air, they leave their home and fly for a higher home.

The Dhammapada

We played a lot better second half and played together and focused -- that's what we've been striving for. Five players playing together and the bench all on the same page. In the second half we focused and played well. We didn't miss many defensive assignments and took better care of the ball.

Dennis Melcher

It is good to see that everybody is contributing and that is what we've been striving for all season.

Mike Barber

A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.

W. E. B. Du Bois

We made this decision at the right time, ... In no way will the City of Austin abdicate our responsibility for public safety at this event. Many of us have been striving to get back to normal. This is a good way.

Will Wynn

We are striving to better meet our customers needs. Our research team is focused on designing a new wind turbine that will not only be one of the most powerful in the world, but sets new standards in efficiency, reliability, and cost of energy as well.

Jim Lyons

I learned... that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.

Brenda Ueland

We are all the same page, striving for the same goal. There is great team unity amongst this bunch.

John Barrymore

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.

Ken Blanchard

We knew we were working hard so we knew we could do it. We executed and got it done. We did everything perfect and we got nine champs and everyone placed. That was our goal to get everyone to place and we did. We feel good but we feel incomplete because we are not finished yet. We are out to win the state championship and that's what we're striving for.

Nick Anurak

We are striving for perfection, and that's our goal. In our business -- the luxury business -- if you are not 100 percent satisfied, we do not deserve your money.

Jan Chovanec

I'm happy right now but am always striving to do better, ... Today, I can sing with anybody. But I also know it's a gift.

Susan Tedeschi

The process, while moving slower, is continuing. We are striving to make some deliveries in the coming days.

Peter Conte

One thing that helps a little bit here is that it's kind of 'in' to be academic. We love our sports too, but here you're not looked down on if you're striving academically. I think that eases the strain, but they (the students) still put it on themselves.

Don Bohanan

We've been striving for it since last year. We didn't know what was going to happen because we lost some seniors, but last week was the most crucial week. A lot of girls gained new skills, and if they didn't get these new skills, we would have not made it to state.

Lauren Edler

The president's striving for cooperation should in no circumstances be regarded as a demonstration of weakness.

Sergei Yastrzhembsky

This going to be a tough weekend but the players are striving to improve all the time and a win is possible. It just shows that the players want to keep on growing.

Scott Murray

We would prefer that students in the earliest grades have the benefits of a smaller class taught by a qualified teacher, and we are striving to make this happen.

Cheri Yecke

It indicates that the path to national reconciliation and the path to a national compact that we're striving so much for has a ways to go. It means we better continue working and work harder on it.

James Jeffrey

The idea that you can work hard and save and finally buy something and have it taken from you because somebody else richer can make more money off of that land makes a mockery of what everyone is striving for.

Dana Berliner

Stuff was a lot more in sync this time, and guys were firing off the ball. We're striving for no mistakes.

Jon Rusch

Tanner is a coach's dream. He works hard, is always striving to improve, and leads by example. Tanner is a rock-steady performer. You know exactly what you're going to get every time he steps on the mat. He will give his very best effort from start to finish.

Bruce Burnett

I've heard there's going to be some pretty good players there, and I'm glad to be playing against guys that are better than me. The way Michael Jordan got better was by playing his older brother, so you have to keep striving to play the best guys you can.

Taylor Lyons

Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.

Ryszard Kapuscinski

We're both competing and striving to do our best. We're both striving to get out team to 13 wins this fall.

Colt Mccoy

It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.

Brad Henry

Gymnastics has helped me so much, how to be dedicated to something, how to work hard to acheive your goals, also to be organized, and how to try and balance my life out. I think it's helped me in school too,because it's kept me organized and I'm always striving for a goal.

Shannon Miller

His presence alone, and the energy he brings to the defense makes us a whole lot better than last year, ... I just love seeing him and the rest of our defense running to the ball and blitzing like crazy. He's a special one. Even though he signed a big contract, he's always striving to get better. His leadership really adds something to this team.

Travis Henry

I'm not a real stern person. I'm very sarcastic, joking around 24-7. No one on this team is very serious. In game situations and points where I think we should be at a higher potential I get a little mean. With these girls, it's a little different because I know they're striving their hardest.

Jennifer Connolly

I have nothing against Gary [Grossinger], ... but if you are going to spend millions of dollars on something you should do a little research. This goes against everything the neighborhood has been striving towards for fifty years.

Chris Donovan

We've still got some work to do. Everybody's ultimate goal is to win the national championship. Putting what is done behind us and striving for that ultimate goal is what we've got to do.

Dayton Miller

There isn't anything we are striving to attain, but we want to be able to play a string of two-night stands instead of our staple one-night stands.

Ethan Iverson

Bill is striving for common ground reducing the number of unintended pregnancies, getting to a place where there are fewer and fewer and fewer abortions. One of the great things about campaigning is you get to define and redefine yourself, and that's what Bill Ritter is doing right now.

Evan Dreyer

We are striving, as much as we possibly can, to assist young drivers in advancing to the next level. They are the future of Champ Car racing, and Charles certainly falls into that category.

Eric Bachelart