#striving

I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe they'll become a great musician. ↗

— Charlie Haden

#away #become #beings #come #discovering

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. ↗

— Zhuangzi

#happiness #striving

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. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

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

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Often, when you've reached a very high level of achievement, you almost become paralyzed by the idea that anything you might do might be imperfect. Perfection is just the striving, the effort, the struggle, but it's hard to remember that. ↗

— Gelsey Kirkland

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When you start believing you're something special, then you're not going to be striving to move forward. ↗

— Robin Trower

#forward #going #move #move forward #something

Just remember, you are not alone, in fact you are in a very common place with millions of others. We need to help each other and keep striving to reach our goals. ↗

— Mike Moreno

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

— Thomas a Kempis

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America's wealth comes from the efforts of people striving for success. Take away their incentive with badmouthing success and you take away the wealth that helps us take care of the needy. ↗

— Thomas Peterffy

#away #care #comes #efforts #helps

I often wrangle with myself as an actor, and wrestle with the process. In striving for authenticity I often have the feeling I am falling short. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

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