#striving

My most profound confidence is however based upon the fact that at the head of Germany there stands a man by his entire development, his desires, and striving can only have been destined by fate to lead our people into a brighter future. ↗

— Alfred Jodl

#been #brighter #brighter future #confidence #desires

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

We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference. ↗

— Paul Elmer More

#bound #calm #hearken #ignorance #indifference

Do your best, and be a little better than you are. ↗

— Gordon B. Hinckley

#self-improvement #striving #excellence

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

I'm striving toward this acting thing. I'm definitely gonna work hard on that, whatever comes my way, I'm gonna work hard on it. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#comes #definitely #gonna #hard #i

That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race. ↗

— Dale Earnhardt

#every #making #race #striving #us

It's sort of a meat market, the whole awards thing, and I don't think you can predict it anymore - who's going to like what you've done, if it's worthy or not. And hopefully, that's not why you make a film, because if you're distracted by that, or only striving for that, you don't do it justice. ↗

— Emily Blunt

#awards #because #distracted #done #film

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. ↗

— George Eliot

#called #enough #failure #good #grander

I do write about people who are complex and are striving with something and can't quite get past their own stuff, which would be a proxy for myself because that's what the deal is with me. ↗

— Eric Bogosian

#because #complex #deal #get #i