#striving

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#foreshadowing #striving #excellence

When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered himself years ago - since that time he has been toiling, working, and striving to make himself worthy of general discovery. ↗

— James Whitcomb Riley

#awaken #been #discovered #discovery #down

Winning isn't everything, but playing and competing and striving and going through things can be a lot of fun and really important. As long as you're doing it in a way that's healthy, sports can be an incredible opportunity. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#doing #everything #fun #going #healthy

The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

#element #feature #fundamental #second #striving

When you're happy you find pure joy in your life. There are no regrets in this state of happiness - and that's a goal worth striving for in all areas of your life. ↗

— Suze Orman

#find #goal #happiness #happy #joy

Understanding 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. ↗

— Brené Brown

#anxiety #depression #healthy-striving #life #life-paralysis

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view. ↗

— Alfred Adler

#assert #deal #dealing #get #hard

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting. ↗

— Arthur Ashe

#achieving #anything #because #ever #i

Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights. ↗

— Bjorn Ulvaeus

#cultural #declaration #human #human rights #must

Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb. ↗

— Samuel Daniel

#come #dumb #griefs #his #light