Strive for perfection in everything you do. — Henry Royce
Inspire yourself to be great. Being good isn't good enough. — Gurbaksh Chahal
Greatness is a life mission being the best is not about being better than anyone else but striving to be the best that you can and bringing out the best in others — Dominick Cruz
Strive for perfection in everything. Take the best that exists and make it better. If it doesn't exist, create it. Accept nothing nearly right or good enough — Henry Royce
If greatness is your goal, it can only be achieved today. — Dan Sullivan
Greatness comes from living with purpose and passion. — Ralph Marston
Greatness is the result of visionaries who persevere, focus, believe, and prepare. It is a habit, not a birthright. — Lewis Howes
Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone. — Robin S. Sharma
The potential for greatness lives within us all. — Wilma Rudolph
Great accomplishments start with great aspirations. — Gary Hamel
Anybody can say they want to be the greatest ever. I take pride in it. If you're around me long enough and watch me work, that's what I'm striving for. I won't stop until I am. — Deshaun Watson
Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities. — W. E. B. Du Bois
Greatness is a craft. Greatness is a process. Greatness is a habit. — Tom Bilyeu
We will be relentless in our pursuit for perfection. We won't ever be perfect - but in the process we will achieve greatness. — Vince Lombardi
Short Strive For Greatness Quotes
See simplicity in the complicated. Achieve greatness in little things — Lao Tzu
Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best. — David O. Mckay
The greatest achievement is to outperform yourself. — Denis Waitley
Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life. — Judy Blume
Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great. — Fernando Flores
You have to be willing to take risk in order to achieve greatness. — Raoul Pal
See simplicity in the complicated.Achieve greatness in little things. — Lao Tzu
Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things. — Joe Paterno
You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough — Chris Colfer
You must remain focused on your journey to greatness. — Les Brown
Strive For Greatness Image Quotes
Silence is a source of great strength.
How To Achieve Greatness Quotes
I grew up skateboarding; it was fun. I didn't think about money, I didn't know how much professional skateboarders made. I just knew that if I became a professional skateboarder, I would achieve a lot and get to travel and do these great things. — Jason Lee
No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it. — Jack Welch
As a shy kid growing up in Sheffield, I fantasized about how it would be great to be famous so I wouldn't actually have to talk to people and feel awkward. And of course, as we all know from fairy stories, when you achieve that ambition, you find out you don't want it. — Jarvis Cocker
Make today so awesome, yesterday gets jealous.
How great it is when we come to know that times of disappointment can be followed by joy; that guilt over falling short of our ideals can be replaced by pride in doing all that we can; and that anger can be channeled into creative achievements... and into dreams that we can make come true. — Fred Rogers
One can say, looking at the papers in this symposium, that the elucidation of the genetic code is indeed a great achievement. It is, in a sense, the key to molecular biology because it shows how the great polymer languages, the nucleic acid language and the protein language, are linked together. — Sayings
In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write? — Gao Xingjian
Great minds discuss ideas.Average minds discuss events.Small minds discuss people.
Traditionally, Seattle has been a great sports town and great football town. What the Huskies have achieved over the years has been pretty amazing. That's how I got my first taste of football - when I went with my father to Husky Stadium. — Paul Allen
For many people, an excuse is better than an achievement because an achievement, no matter how great, leaves you having to prove yourself again in the future; but an excuse can last for life. — Eric Hoffer
I had been thinking about how greatness always has a hand from luck or fate. That no one ever achieves anything with their will alone. The luck or fate that helped us, amongst many others, was that my sister happened to know these two heavy metal kids David Navarro and Stephen Perkins. — Eric Avery
History teaches us that the great revolutions aren't started by people who are utterly down and out, without hope and vision. They take place when people begin to live a little better -- and when they see how much yet remains to be achieved. — Hubert Humphrey
What Is Greatness Quotes
The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is 'What does a woman want?' — Sigmund Freud
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do. — Michael Porter
Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals. — Dorothy Height
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people. — Huey Newton
All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it to those around us. — Richard Rohr
Acknowledge all of your small victories. They will eventually add up to something great.
Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay small acts of kindness and love. — Peter Jackson
Greatness can be captured in one word: lifestyle. Life is God's gift to you, style is what you make of it. — Mae Jemison
If I had to advise parents, I should tell them to take great care about the people with whom their children associate . . . Much harm may result from bad company, and we are inclined by nature to follow what is worse than what is better. — Elizabeth Ann Seton
The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. — Condoleezza Rice
Aspire To Greatness Quotes
We need spirited, energetic and strong young people whose hearts are filled with life, enthusiasm, zeal and dynamism; whose souls are full of ambition, aspiration and vigor and have great goals, rising and aspiring to reach them until they eventually arrive at their destination. — Hassan al-Banna
The true leader is a different sort; he seeks effective activity which has a truly beneficient purpose. He inspires others to follow in his wake, and holding aloft the torch of wisdom, leads the way for society to realize its genuinely great aspirations. — Haile Selassie
Keep alive within you and bring under wise control that courage which makes you long to undertake great works, which others might consider it folly to attempt. — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier
You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition. — Mark Twain
Prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trail as well as joy; finally, it is something great, supernatural, which expands my soul and unites me to Jesus. — Therese of Lisieux
There are no limits to the majestic future which lies before the mighty expanse of Canada with its virile, aspiring, cultured, and generous-hearted people. — Winston Churchill
Failure is a great teacher, and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.
A leader's role is to raise people's aspirations for what they can become and to release their energies so they will try to get there. — David Gergen
I want to have one of the great investment records of all time, why not? — Bill Ackman
We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father, to be a good husband, to be a good lover, you know, to try to do things the best you can is very important to me. — Matthew Modine
Tolerance is a cheap, low-grade parody of love. Tolerance is not a great virtue to aspire to. Love is much tougher and harder. — N. T. Wright
The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves. — Alan Watts
True motivation comes from achievement, personal development, job satisfaction, and recognition. — Frederick Herzberg
To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement. — Saint Augustine
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. — Harriet Tubman
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. — John F. Kennedy
It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. — Vaclav Havel
We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. Knowing the contents of a few works of literature is a trivial achievement. Being inclined to go on reading is a great achievement. — B. F. Skinner
Strive For Success Quotes
Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation. — Jack Nicklaus
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted. — David Bly
As a negotiator, you should strive for a reputation of being fair. Your reputation precedes you. Let it precede you in a way that paves success. — Chris Voss
Average people have great ideas. Legends have great execution.
SEO success comes to marketers who strive for stellar content and an impeccable user experience. — Brian Dean
A vision on its own is not enough. Hard work and dedication is required to make that vision a reality. — Strive Masiyiwa
Yeah I want it all, that's why I strive for it — Drake
Don't fear the failure... in great attempts it is glorious even to fail.
Whether you're a farmer, builder or engineer, the opportunities are equal: Just add a little innovation. — Strive Masiyiwa
The game might be divided into three parts, the opening, the middle-game and the end-game. There is one thing you must strive for, to be equally efficient in the three parts. — Jose Raul Capablanca
Success doesn't always come in the form of a trophy. Keep striving for success. — Andre Agassi
Superstars strive for approbation; heroes walk alone. Superstars crave consensus; heroes define themselves by the judgment of a future they see it as their task to bring about. Superstars seek success in a technique for eliciting support; heroes pursue success as the outgrowth of inner values. — Henry A. Kissinger
Strive To Excel Quotes
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better. — Pat Riley
Strive each day to make your life purer, richer, and more luminous. You will subtly and imperceptibly lead all of creation heavenward. — Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov
To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. — Pearl S. Buck
No one has ever made himself great by showing how small someone else is.
He played a near-perfect game, but to him, not perfect enough. — Tim Grover
Always strive to excel, but only on weekends. — Richard Rorty
Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best. — Laurence Olivier
Emulation is a handsome passion; it is enterprising, but just withal. It keeps a man within the terms of honor, and makes the contest for glory just and generous. He strives to excel, but it is by raising himself, not by depressing others. — Jeremy Collier
The key to teamwork is to learn a role, accept a role, and strive to become excellent playing it. — Pat Riley
In all you do, always strive to acquire skills that make you stand out and excel. — Folorunsho Alakija
We always strive to be the best in the wage package. — James Sinegal
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. — Harriet B. Braiker
Better work often comes from those striving for excellence than from those who have already achieved it. — Greg Brockman
Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world. — Joyce Meyer
Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live. — Sandra Day O'Connor
Your actions speak louder than words, so always strive for excellence in everything that you do. — Joe Rogan
Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer. — Rick Pitino
The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect.
The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile. Therefore strive for excellence not perfection. — Alan Kulwicki
Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best. — Laurence Olivier
Aspiration lifts the life; groveling lowers it. When we are striving for excellence in everything we do the entire life grows and expands, but if we allow our standards to drop, there is a natural progression that follows, a tendency for a downward effort in all that we do thereafter. — Orison Swett Marden
Dare To Be Great Quotes
Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you're feeling. To have the hard conversations. — Brené Brown
It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great. — Havelock Ellis
To be a colored man in America ... and enjoy it, you must be greatly daring, greatly stolid, greatly humorous and greatly sensitive. And at all times a philosopher. — Jessie Redmon Fauset
Germany's greatness makes it impossible for her to do without the ocean, but the ocean also proves that even in the distance, and on its farther side, without Germany and the German Emperor, no great decision dare henceforth be taken. — Wilhelm II
We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage. — William Howard Taft
It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena. — Theodore Roosevelt
A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live. — Bertrand Russell
I'm talking about: Are we competing today, every minute, in everything we do in practice. Are we letting loose and daring to be great here and now? And can we sustain that? And repeat it. Trophies are great, but we're trying to win forever. — Pete Carroll
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat. — Theodore Roosevelt
It's daring to be curious about the unknown, to dream big dreams, to live outside prescribed boxes, to take risks, and above all, daring to investigate the way we live until we discover the deepest treasured purpose of why we are here. — Luci Swindoll
Destined For Greatness Quotes
Spiritual power is the eternal guide, in this life and the life after, for man ranks supreme among all creatures. Led forward by spiritual power, man can reach the summit destined for him by the Great Creator. — Haile Selassie
Happiness is a way of travel – not a destination. — Roy M. Goodman
Remember that happiness is a way of travel, it's not a destination. — Cecelia Ahern
Canada is destined to be one of the great nations of the world and Canadian women must be ready for citizenship. — Nellie L. McClung
I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will. — Arnold Schwarzenegger
When you are able to maintain your own highest standards of integrity - regardless of what others may do - you are destined for greatness. — Napoleon Hill
The only thing standing between me and greatness is me. — Woody Allen
There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld
There comes a time in the lives of those destined for greatness when we must stand before the mirror of meaning and ask: Why, having been endowed with the courageous heart of a lion, do we live as mice? — Brendon Burchard
Some people are destined for greatness; others fall up a hill to get there. — Nick Bilton
That democratic socialism, the great utopia of the last few generations, is not only unachievable, but that to strive for it produces something so utterly different that few of those who wish it would be prepared to accept the consequences, many will not believe until the connection has been laid bare in all its aspects. — Friedrich August von Hayek
I'm making a great effort because sometimes life is not enjoyable. Sometimes it's painful and sometimes it's stressful, sometimes it's agonizing even, so I think once you get around those humps: strive for pleasure and peace. — Morgan Freeman
In my serious work I am striving for the essence of things and for goals which are possibly unobtainable. On the other hand, everything humorous has great attraction for me, and a childish streak leads me into all kinds of frivolous endeavour. — Philippe Halsman
For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God. — John Calvin
If you strive to become a good human being with the qualities of generosity, humility and having reverence for life...just maybe you'll become a great musician. — Charlie Haden
There is always a struggle, a striving for something bigger than yourself in all forms of art. And even if you don't achieve greatness, even if you fail, which we all must, everything you do in your work is somehow connected with your attitude toward life, your deepest secret feelings. — Rex Harrison
Grain is life, there's all this striving for perfection with digital stuff. Striving is fine, but getting there is not great. I want a sense of the human and that is what breathes life into a picture. For me, imperfection is perfection. — Anton Corbijn
We are tiny flames, Helikaon, and we flicker alone in the great dark for no more than a heartbeat. When we strive for wealth, glory and fame, it is meaningless. The nations we fight for will one day cease to be. Even the mountains we gaze upon will crumble to dust. To truly live we must yearn for that which does not die. — David Gemmell
My father was a naturalist and a very spiritual person, who had a great desire to pass on his knowledge to others, so that they could receive the benefits of Jiu Jitsu as well. Growing up in this environment, I learned the art of Jiu Jitsu is actually a method through which one strives for self-perfection. — Carlos Gracie, Jr.
Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him. — Saint Teresa of Avila
If we comprehend what Christ has done for us, then surely out of gratitude we will strive to live 'worthy' of such great love. We will strive for holiness not to make God love us but because He already does. — Philip Yancey
Strive for originality in thought and action. Be first; Be different; And be daring. Only then will you make a significant difference in this world. You may even attain greatness. — Ernie J Zelinski
Being able to do lead roles in pictures or onstage or whatever it is that you're doing in acting is obviously what you strive for because you want to better yourself as an actor and you want to better yourself as a person as well. But that does come with a lot of responsibility and a great deal of weight. — Jamie Campbell Bower
The sage never strives for greatness, and can therefore accomplish greatness. — Lao Tzu
For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out. — Theodore Roosevelt
Ultimately, everyone has to ask himself or herself how they're going to fail. We all do, you know, so let's get that out of the way. The choice isn't between success and failure; it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity. — Keith Ferrazzi
On what high-performing companies should be striving to create: A great place for great people to do great work. — Marilyn C. Nelson
Come, my friends, 'T is not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
As the leaders and decision-makers of this great state, it is our responsibility to strive for perfection. — Roy Barnes
That is what great athletes can do: they give us a model of striving for human perfection. — Armstrong Williams
I strive for perfection, but of course it can never be perfect. I'm never satisfied at the end of a performance. But the great thing about live theatre is that every night you get another chance to get it right. — Anthony Warlow
Each organic being is striving to increase in a geometrical ratio . . . each at some period of its life, during some season of the year, during each generation or at intervals, has to struggle for life and to suffer great destruction . . . The vigorous, the healthy, and the happy survive and multiply. — Charles Darwin
When you strive for greatness, chaos is guaranteed to show up. — Gary Keller
If we are to be a really great people, we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world. We cannot avoid meeting great issues. All that we can determine for ourselves is whether we shall meet them well or ill. — Theodore Roosevelt
We do not realize how deeply our starting assumptions affect the way we go about looking for and interpreting the data we collect. We should recognize that nonhuman organisms need not meet every new definition of human language, tool use, mind, or consciousness in order to have versions of their own that are worthy of serious study. We have set ourselves too much apart, grasping for definitions that will distinguish man from all other life on the planet. We must rejoin the great stream of life from whence we arose and strive to see within it the seeds of all we are and all we may become. — E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh
There are two Mustafa Kemals: one is I, the flesh and bone Mustafa Kemal... the scond Mustafa Kemal I cannot describe with the word 'I.' That Mustafa Kemal is not I - it is 'We.' That Mustafa Kemal is the enlightened and warrior collectivity that is striving for the new thought, the new life, and the Great Ideal on every corner of this country. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
I did my friend's film - this guy Harrison Atkins who's a great filmmaker. He just makes movies with all his friends, and I think that's all what we're striving for - to feel like we're among friends and people who care about each other. I'd like to think that good work comes from that - from a sort of loving and friendly environment. — Peter Vack
I think that a lot of the time I don't go for something in particular. I see what comes to me, I filter it out. I never really strive to play a particular character or do a particular genre of film. As long as it's a good script and a great range of people and my character is really interesting I can't see any reason not to do it. — Asa Butterfield
I think that happiness is a great thing to strive for, but very difficult to maintain - people are always striving for something different, and something better. — Mark Hoppus
When I was in law school I was taught that the great writers were people like [Oliver Wendell] Holmes Jr. and [Benjamin N.] Cardozo. But you go back and read their prose and it's sort of perfumed and very ornate and show-offy. And they're constantly striving for these abstractions that seem archaic nowadays. — Jeffrey Rosen
Even if you do no work that is particularly lofty or far-reaching, if you can shed mundane feelings, that is a great achievement. Even if you do not strive much for progress in learning, if you can minimize the influence things have on you, you will soar into the realm of sages. — Zicheng Hong
I realized that it was great to have a job, but it didn't have anything remotely to do with what I was striving for, so why was I doing it? — Johnny Depp
Realizing who we are and what we may become assures us that with God nothing really is impossible. From the time we learn that Jesus wants us for a Sunbeam until we learn more fully the basic principles of the gospel, we are taught to strive for perfection. It is not new to us then to talk of the importance of achievement. The difficulty arises when inflated expectations of the world alter our definition of greatness. — Howard W. Hunter
Pleasure is not the goal of man, but knowledge. Pleasure and happiness comes to an end. It is a mistake to suppose that pleasure is the goal. The cause of all the miseries we have in the world is that men foolishly think pleasure to be the ideal to strive for. After a time man finds that it is not happiness, but knowledge, towards which he is going, and that both pleasure and pain are great teachers. — Swami Vivekananda
The sage never strives for the great, and thereby the great is achieved. — Lao Tzu
Strive for perfection - never be content with mediocrity. You don't win until you conquer the little flaws. You don't beat these great ones until your form is perfect. This is true in all of life. A flaw in a product can ruin a business. A personal failing, a little one, can ruin a person's life. Don't be content with mediocrity - strive to live up to the greatest within you. — Bob Richards
The truly great and good, in affliction, bear a countenance more princely than they are wont; for it is the temper of the highest hearts, like the palm-tree, to strive most upwards when it is most burdened. — Philip Sidney
Always strive to find out what to do by thinking, without asking anybody. If you continually do this, you will soon act like a grown-up woman. For want of doing this, a very great number of grown-up people act like children. — George Bernard Shaw
The human being that I strive to be is a great human being, like a loving human being, but as an actor, you take on roles that are not you and that's the fun part for me as far as acting goes. You really get to learn about other human beings and not judge. — Common
There could be no greater calamity than a permanent discord between us and the Arab people. Despite the great wrong that has been done us, we must strive for a just and lasting compromise with the Arab people Let us recall that in former times no people lived in greater friendship with us than the ancestors of these Arabs. — Albert Einstein
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