Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. Votes: 3
Harriet B. BraikerStriving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating. Votes: 3
Melody BeattieStriving toward a goal puts a more pleasing construction on our advance toward death. Votes: 3
Mason CooleyStriving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted. Votes: 3
David BlyStriving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb. Votes: 3
Samuel DanielAlways remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary. Votes: 2
Sarah Ban BreathnachI probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well. Votes: 2
Tom FordBe it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize. Votes: 2
Edward G. Bulwer-LyttonAdmiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it. Votes: 2
Friedrich Nietzsche"Foreboding" and "ominous" is what you're striving to achieve-not mention. Votes: 0
Josip NovakovichWhen you're not goal-striving, not looking forward, you're not really living. Votes: 0
Maxwell MaltzExcellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life. Votes: 0
John W. GardnerThe oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors. Votes: 0
Paulo FreireProgress is not striving for economic justice or fairness, but economic growth. Votes: 0
Rush LimbaughAlways remember that striving and struggle precede success even in the dictionary. Votes: 0
Sarah Ban BreathnachThe most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Votes: 0
Albert EinsteinBy striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Votes: 0
Mikhail BakuninMan actually needs the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. Votes: 0
Joseph CampbellEveryone striving to be witty and sought-after, everyone talking and no one listening... Votes: 0
Lisa KleypasHoliness through Christ's Spirit is the accountability every Christian should be striving towards. Votes: 0
Monica JohnsonAct without striving. Work without interfering. Find the flavour in what is flavourless. Votes: 0
LaoziOur salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve. Votes: 0
Ryszard KapuscinskiArt is mainly about wrestling with material reality, not striving after a spiritual ideal. Votes: 0
Calvin SeerveldPerfection is worth striving for, even if it is ultimately unattainable in this life. Votes: 0
Joseph B. WirthlinAesthetic value is often the by-product of the artist striving to do something else. Votes: 0
Evelyn WaughSuccess doesn't always come in the form of a trophy. Keep striving for success. Votes: 0
Andre AgassiAnd striving to be Man, the worm Mounts through all the spires of form. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonThere's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence. Votes: 0
Vince LombardiDon't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best. Votes: 0
Laurence OlivierWhat distinguishes man from the brute is his conscious striving to realise the spirit within. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiOur very sexual identities are artifices and illusions, the result of a lifetime of striving. Votes: 0
John StoltenbergConsciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it. Votes: 0
Swami VivekanandaI probably do have an obsessive personality, but striving for perfection has served me well Votes: 0
Tom FordFrance will always be France no matter what, but America involves striving toward an ideal. Votes: 0
Rich LowryThe second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving. Votes: 0
Johan HuizingaA virtuous, ordinary life, striving for wisdom but never far from folly, is achievement enough. Votes: 0
Alain de BottonThe body expresses our very being. The striving for beauty is inborn among the Aryan. Votes: 0
Baldur von SchirachWe were striving and struggling not just for a dream ticket, but a dream team. Votes: 0
Dominic RaabBe in this moment, and free yourself of striving for something more or someone else. Votes: 0
Wayne DyerI'm always striving to do more. Whatever I accomplish, it's not enough. I don't get satisfied. Votes: 0
Brian DawkinsIdeologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves. Votes: 0
John le CarreAll of my films deal with the same thing: striving, socially and culturally, to stay alive. Votes: 0
Robert AltmanEven when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal. Votes: 0
Viktor E. FranklThat home is most beautiful in which you find each person striving to serve the other. Votes: 0
David O. McKayWhat if you have a genuine and captivating beauty that is marred only by your striving? Votes: 0
Stasi EldredgeIn all areas of your life, striving for proper posture can enhance your career, style and health. Votes: 0
Cindy Ann PetersonThe two-fold goal of all human striving is the avoidance of pain, and the fulfillment of happiness. Votes: 0
Goswami KriyanandaWe all are striving for something every minute of the day, whether we realize it or not. Votes: 0
Tim HillerThe light always shows on the outside if you are striving to be good on the inside. Votes: 0
Erykah BaduWe cannot get happiness by striving after it, and yet with an effort we can impart it. Votes: 0
Robert Wilson LyndThat is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection. Votes: 0
Armstrong WilliamsHold on to your dreams of a better life and stay committed to striving to realize it. Votes: 0
Earl G. Graves, Sr.One day in God's grace is equivalent to a thousand days of striving by your own efforts. Votes: 0
Joseph PrinceI find nothing wrong with striving for the impossible. But I find alot wrong with giving up Votes: 0
Scooter BraunWe must produce a great age, or see the collapse of the upward striving of our race. Votes: 0
Alfred North WhiteheadMake success happen by striving and working to be the best. Aim at excellence and hit the target. Votes: 0
Mark LaMoureIn education, we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life. Votes: 0
William Allen WhiteYou can't be striving to please; you must be striving to get to the heart of the matter. Votes: 0
Vanessa RedgraveNo matter what it is, if you aren't happy striving for it, you won't be happy achieving it. Votes: 0
Robert BreaultWhat greater glory attends a man than what he wins with his racing feet and his striving hands? Votes: 0
HomerBe it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize. Votes: 0
Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of LyttonBut how to get faith strengthened? Not by striving after faith, but by resting on the Faithful One. Votes: 0
Hudson TaylorIf one comes across sometimes as being cold or brusque its simply because I'm striving for the best. Votes: 0
Anna WintourI believe in striving for excellence. I sweat the big and small stuff! I do not apologize for this. Votes: 0
Anthony S. FauciTo think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God. Votes: 0
Victor HugoIt's all about... getting back up and getting back to work and striving to be the best you can be. Votes: 0
Robbie LawlerFor am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? Votes: 0
Denise HunterUnderstanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis. Votes: 3 Brene Brown
It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential. Votes: 5 Brad Henry
Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection. Votes: 1 Kim Collins
I always had the sense that nothing was never good enough - striving for perfection. My mother and I had a sort of typical mother-daughter relationship. Votes: 5 Dorothy Hamill
We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort when all we really need to be happy is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about. Votes: 3 H. Jackson Brown, Jr.