Top 395 Strive Quotes

We must strive to encourage East and West not only to move towards each other but also to encourage them to find a new philosophy, a philosophy which will serve as a tool determining the future of Planet Earth – our common and only shelter.
Nursultan Nazarbayev
All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
James Thurber
Google is in a position where it doesn’t even have to strive to become a hip, conscious choice. Brands are temporary fads. Functionality is forever. Google just has to ‘be,’ and everyone will end up there sooner or later.
Douglas Rushkoff
Fail I alone, in words and deeds? Why, all men strive and who succeeds?
Robert Browning
Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
Saint Ambrose
If children can’t handle competition when it’s necessary, or take some criticism, or never strive to be better because their parents inadvertently programmed them to believe they are already the best even when they’re not, then they are in for some serious shocks and bumps down the road.
LZ Granderson
Why should we consider defining intelligence as something global and as something that hasn’t actually yet appeared on Earth? It may be useful for envisioning the future of our own civilization and any others that may be out there among the stars. It might give us something to strive for.
David Grinspoon
Every day, we have to strive to be better people. Some days we give in to weakness, and sometimes we give in to strength.
Edward Kitsis
I think I am boring. That’s good. I strive for boring in all elements of my game.
Joey Votto
There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.
John Masefield
We will strive to make Taiwan a better place and enable our people to live better lives.
Chen Shui-bian
Men should strive to think much and know little.

Men should strive to think much and know little.
Democritus
We unavoidably stand in so many unholy places and are subjected to so much that is vulgar, profane, and destructive of the Spirit of the Lord that I encourage our Saints all over the world, wherever possible, to strive to stand more often in holy places.
James E. Faust
The reason I make music is so that I can influence people and inspire people, but I also want to make music that I feel happy about and that I feel is good. The challenge, which is why it’s worth keeping going, is to constantly strive to figure out where the meeting place is.
Santigold
Sports build good habits, confidence, and discipline. They make players into community leaders and teach them how to strive for a goal, handle mistakes, and cherish growth opportunities.
Julie Foudy
I love what I do and I strive to be better; that’s what keeps me going. I’m never a slacker, always a striver.
Nicole Scherzinger
Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.
Albert Einstein
There aren’t enough people who are passionate with what they do. They’re content just going through life being mediocre, being average. They don’t want to thrive. They don’t want to strive for greater. They’re happy being where they are.
Doug Baldwin
You work and strive to be an actor and you can get better at it and enjoy it. But you can’t be good at fame or enjoy it. Some people do, some people don’t.
Jonathan Bailey
I think the whole response to our art being so positive is that it rings true and it feels a unique thing and I feel that was the thing that we strive for in the beginning was to not conform to any preconceived notions of what we should be doing.
Finneas
When everything is moving and shifting, the only way to counteract chaos is stillness. When things feel extraordinary, strive for ordinary. When the surface is wavy, dive deeper for quieter waters.
Kristin Armstrong
Why strive to be ‘elite’? Because it infuses your life with purpose and meaning that does not depend on anyone or anything that can ever be taken away from you.
Justine Musk
I try to use and, furthermore, strive to focus on the actual facts surrounding and impacting any issue.
Matt Rosendale
Nobody expected me to win Wimbledon. It was something to strive for.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley
As an actor, you strive to show versatility.
Luke Perry
God has a plan for every individual. We must only strive to achieve what we have to. He takes care of the rest.
Manini Mishra
Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.
Sun Tzu
I’ve always avoided publicity. I’ve never been good copy at any stage of my life. I don’t strive for it, because I don’t think it’s important whether I’m good copy or not. The two can go together, if that’s your personality, but every person on this earth is unique.
Chuck Noll
I tell myself I write because I want to say something true and original about the nature of evil. That is very ambitious – to say something about the human condition that hasn’t been written before. Probably I will never succeed but that is what I strive to do.
Jo Nesbo
I think that ultimately over time we really should strive for a place where most information is available online and is searchable.
Marissa Mayer
You don’t need a religious background to strive for something good, for genuine compassion and love for others.
Miriam Toews
With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.
Abraham Lincoln
I’m not perfect, but I strive for it.
Tracy Morgan
It’s time for political leaders across the ideological spectrum to realize that, while partisanship is understandable, hyper-partisanship is destructive to our country. We need more visionary leaders who will earnestly strive for bipartisanship and finding policy solutions that can move America forward.
Martin Luther King III
Princess Diana was an icon and her effect on the world remains profound and inspiring. To explore her through Peter Morgan’s writing is the most exceptional opportunity and I will strive to do her justice.
Emma Corrin
I will go where the Lord and the leaders of His Church want me to go, I will do what they want me to do, I will teach what they want me to teach, and I will strive to become what I should and must become.
David A. Bednar
Doing a mall is not only construction of the physical place: what is important is the merchandising mix. We strive to serve the convenience of the public. We want shopping at our malls to be a unique and an enjoyable experience.
Henry Sy
All my comrades must continue to exert their efforts according to my ‘Programme of National Reconstruction,’ ‘Outline of Reconstruction,’ the ‘Three Principles of the People,’ and the ‘Manifesto’ issued by the First National Congress of our Party, and strive on earnestly for the consummation of the end we have in view.
Sun Yat-sen
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
Aesop
Let’s not confuse traditional behaviours with good manners. The definition of etiquette is gender neutral – it simply means we strive at all times to ensure a person in our company feels at ease.
Lynn Coady
I’m honored to join a very distinguished group of footballers to appear on the cover of ‘FIFA.’ Most of all, I am humbled that the fans have chosen me, and I will strive to make them proud with my performance on the pitch.
Marco Reus
We must strive to become good ancestors.
Ralph Nader
I think we're innately good. But it doesn't mean we're

I think we’re innately good. But it doesn’t mean we’re gonna do good all the time. It means you have to strive.
Dave Rubin
But since the world, which thou art to strive against, is not without thee, but within thee, it follows, that it is also to be conquered not without, but within thee.
Johann Arndt
Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well.
Robert Herrick
While government and public-health advocates strive to educate the public, and prevent disease, the food industry frequently acts in opposition to those goals, producing processed foods that are high in sugar, salt, artificial ingredients and calories.
Margaret Cuomo
Willpower is the key to success. Successful people strive no matter what they feel by applying their will to overcome apathy, doubt or fear.
Dan Millman
No matter what, the entrepreneur must strive to be above average and, at the same time, understand what is driving those averages they are seeking to beat. Take the time to understand and test the metrics you are using, and then you can not only set the average, you can exceed it.
Michael Gerber
Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense rhythmic concept, and interesting harmonies.
Chuck Mangione
Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?
Charles de Lint
I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back.
Victoria Moran
I have to keep developing and progressing and strive to be as good a player as I can possibly be.
Jack Grealish
We should all strive to be extraordinary, and that starts with a focus on our own capabilities instead of those of our opponents.
Don Yaeger
Even though you strive for perfection, you’re never going to play the perfect game.
Joe Thomas
I come armed with a really good ignorance. I don’t strive toward ignorance. I come by it naturally.
Alan Alda
I hold no economic interest in any company in this industry; however, I do hold and use digital currency for my personal use. I strive to keep myself non-biased and work with the highest integrity.
Perianne Boring
I’m my hardest critic because I know what I can do and I strive to be as perfect as I can be even though I know it’s not possible.
Collin Sexton