#strive

We all want to be the best at something. Trouble is, some people are only the best at being second best.
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— Jarod Kintz

#better #competition #desire #life #lose

Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances. ↗

— Abraham Tucker

#circumstances #dwell #every #parts #pleased

Press forward. Do not stop, do not linger in your journey, but strive for the mark set before you. ↗

— George Whitefield

#forward #journey #linger #mark #press

You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#aim high #alone #behave #best #capable

Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#amusement #anymore #certainty #convictions #destiny

Few tragedies can be more extensive than the stunting of life, few injustices deeper than the denial of an opportunity to strive or even to hope, by a limit imposed from without, but falsely identified as lying within. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#deeper #denial #even #extensive #falsely

True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#desert #desert island #divides #evils #find

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#brief #i #obscure #strive

Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting. ↗

— Paul Guilfoyle

#applies #authentic #life #philosophy #sort

The President of the United States should strive to be always mindful of the fact that he serves his party best who serves his country best. ↗

— Rutherford B. Hayes

#best #country #fact #his #mindful