Top 100 Strive To Be Sayings
#1. It's not communism, it's shouldn't be that everybody gets a try no matter how good or bad they are. It's our profession and our art, so we should eventually strive to be working with the best people.
Amy Poehler
#2. Strive to be a person of character not a person of power.
Debasish Mridha
#3. You become a man when you marry not just for love but to be a partner with your wife. To be the best man you can be with her, and when you fall short, to admit your shortcomings and to constantly strive to be a great man to your wife.
Carew Papritz
#4. Strive to be nurturing with yourself so you can be free!
Deborah Day
#5. In a place where there are no humans, one must strive to be human.
Hillel The Elder
#6. Competition is very good ... as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.
Christine Lahti
#7. At Pixar, we do sequels only when we come up with a great idea, and we always strive to be different than the original.
John Lasseter
#8. Live every moment - no matter where you are and what you're doing - as if it were truly important... you must strive to be in a good place - a place of purpose and integrity... Life is short under any circumstance and in some cases it can be plucked away at a moment's notice.
David Elliot Cohen
#9. I won't just have a job; I'll have a calling. I'll challenge myself every day. When I get knocked down, I'll get back up. I may not be the smartest person in the room, but I'll strive to be the grittiest.
Angela Duckworth
#10. After 40 (old age for most of man's history), one should strive to be more or less packed and ready to go were the end call to come.
Alain De Botton
#11. It is not wrong to strive to be better than a fellow human being. Nor is it wrong to desire to be better or even to feel like oneself is better than a fellow human being. What is wrong is to gloat in one's own virtue. Therefore, gloating in one's own virtue is not virtuous.
Christopher Jones
#12. I practice neither black nor white magic.
What I do is a technology that I use for my own individual purposes. I don't strive to be a member of a club.
Christopher Rankin
#13. Overall, always strive to be genuine - about who you are, what you offer, and why you do what you do.
Amy Ippoliti
#14. I would want to teach my children someday that they should strive to be successful.
Michael Grimm
#15. Do not strive to be a modern artist: it's the one thing, unfortunately, you can't help being.
Salvador Dali
#16. Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.
Paul Guilfoyle
#17. When we love, we always strive to be better than we are.
Paulo Coelho
#18. I know with all my heart and soul that God lives. I believe He will enlighten our lives with His love for each of us if we strive to be worthy of that love, in the holy name of Jesus Christ, amen.
James E. Faust
#19. Love the person you are and strive to be better, not perfect.
Michelle Hoefle
#20. Sometimes it is not about the colour of your skin but the character you portray. Strive to be unique in your doings and only then you might have the right to blame it on racism. Consequently how you choose to react towards a racist experience should do yourself and your race a proud favour.
Gloria D. Gonsalves
#21. Now do you understand why you must always strive to be a good prince?" "I never asked to be one!" The woman raised an eyebrow. "What difference should that make?
Rosamund Hodge
#22. The nearest way to glory a shortcut, as it were is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
Socrates
#23. So few people get to truly steer their course the way you have the chance to now. And the question before you is - will you strive to be normal and live an ordinary life? Or will you do what no one else can do - and be more?
Robert J. Crane
#24. Don't be good, be great. Strive to be exceptional. Picture yourself making a great play. Don't let anyone stop you.
Dan Hampton
#25. There's danger in this open world where men strive to be free, and to me the greatest danger was in society.
Bob Dylan
#26. Paradise does not exist, but we must nonetheless strive to be worthy of it.
Jules Renard
#27. Not only that - college doesn't particularly qualify you for the outside world. he world is changing so fast, and college is not. It should strive to be more in tune with the world.
Kent McCord
#28. This is a tremendous honor (winning the 2002 Roberto Clemente Award), to be considered in the same class as Roberto Clemente. He is a hero and role model for all of us who play the game and strive to be as good a player and person as he was.
Jim Thome
#29. We always strive to be the best in the wage package.
James Sinegal
#30. 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
#31. Strive to be value oriented rather than success oriented.
Debasish Mridha
#32. [The White Rose] is relevant because it gives us an example that we can use ... They are a sign of how we should strive to be.
Ruth Hanna Sachs
#33. Strive to be authentic, not perfect.
Amy Chan
#34. Seek only to be genuine. Strive to be sincere. If you wish to undo all the "damage" you imagine yourself to have done, demonstrate that in your actions.
Neale Donald Walsch
#35. 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
#36. For the right woman, we all strive to be a man worth his salt.
Kristy McCaffrey
#37. I am an idealist who believes in reality, and who, therefore, in all i write strive to be real, to keep both my own feet and the feet of my readers on the ground so that no matter how high we dream our dreams will be based on reality
Jack London
#38. Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned.
William Arthur Ward
#40. Performance is something we all strive to be better at. I'm no different than that. Who wants to look bad?
Kevin Garnett
#41. Successful people love what they do and feel compelled t express the best that is within them. They don't strive to be better than their neighbors or contemporaries they strive to be better than themselves.
Brian Souza
#42. I like playing guys where it's as important what they're thinking as what they're saying. Those are the people I like playing, and the actor that I strive to be. I like actors who work in that area and I like parts that allow me to work in that area.
Lennie James
#43. My plan growing up was to leave home and try not to panic. I always knew that to strive to be self-sufficient was an important ambition.
Erin O'Connor
#44. It's amazing how close you are to your essential self as a kid, he thought, and how far from it you drift the more you strive to be loved.
Nina George
#45. What I've learned is you don't have to strive for perfection, but you do have to strive to be a very hard worker.
Lindsay Pearce
#46. I felt like I was at that breaking point. I just prayed and took my mind off of dreams - I went to church. I felt like a lot of things came together. I'm not perfect but I strive to be.
Boi-1da
#48. I still enjoy my life, and I feel like I've achieved enough things that if I never did anything again, I'd feel confident that I'd still have made my mark in some way. But maybe the self-loathing bit is the element that makes you strive for more. Makes you strive to be better.
David Walliams
#49. I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.
Queen Elizabeth II
#50. Never strive to be like someone else, you can only accomplish their greatest achievement. Be the best you that you can be and there is no limit to how far you can go.
DL Taylor
#51. Doubt is not an offense. Questioning is a step toward understanding. I am riven by beauty. I am humbled by grace. I strive to be kind, but not because I was told to.
Laurie Seidler
#52. I've been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can.
Hope Solo
#53. Your actions are viewed by observers through prisms shaped by their own interpretations, and sometimes misinterpretations. All you can do is strive to be your best self. Let the chips fall where they may.
Cathryn Louis
#54. As we Christians strive to be more influenced by God's kingdom than by this world, we're reminded we will sometimes slip, but 'if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness' (1 John 1:9).
Van Harden
#55. Always remember, actions speak louder than words. No one's perfect, but we can all strive to be better people.
Demi Lovato
#56. We, of our time, have played our part in the perseverance, and we have pledged ourselves to the dead generations who have preserved intact for us this glorious heritage, that we, too, will strive to be faithful to the end, and pass on this tradition unblemished.
Eamon De Valera
#57. I strive to be brief but I become obscure.
Horace
#58. Does he treat you with respect ALL the time?
Is he still is the same man in 20 years would you marry him?
Does he make you strive to be a better person?
Colleen Hoover
#59. The sage does not strive to be great. Thereby he can accomplish the great.
Laozi
#60. People strive to be ahead of time just to get a chance to trip it.
Ljupka Cvetanova
#61. Excellence doesn't mean we have to be 100% better in any one thing: it means we strive to be 1% better in 100 things.
Jan Carlzon
#62. A woman can always strive to be stronger in the face of painful emotions.
Morgan Rhodes
#63. Everyone should strive to be a world citizen. Boundaries were created by man, not the Creator. There is no such thing as THEM vs. US. There is only WE.
Suzy Kassem
#64. Yes, I do strive to be someone young women can look up to.
Chyler Leigh
#65. I'm giving you everything I have, Triss. I want to be yours, and I want you to be mine. No matter what storms lay ahead of us, I know that as one we can make it. I'm not perfect by anyone's standards but you make me want to strive to be the best person I can be. - Logan
Karice Bolton
#66. Each FBI employee understands that to defeat the key threats facing our nation, we must constantly strive to be more efficient and more effective. Just as our adversaries continue to evolve, so, too, must the FBI.
James Comey
#67. I will listen and I will learn. I will strive to meet people's aspirations. I want to lead a government humble enough to know its place - where I will always strive to be - and that is on people's side.
Gordon Brown
#68. Sex is my practice. It's where I always strive to be my best self. I try to be as honest as possible, as present as possible, as centered as possible, as kind as possible, as generous as possible without being a doormat.
Nina Hartley
#69. As a musician, we should always want to strive to be better, we can always make improvements. It's easy to get comfortable and it's easy to find your voice and your sound, but I always wanted to be better.
Eric Hernandez
#70. Today, most of the good people are afraid to be good. They strive to be broadminded and tolerant
Edith Star Miller
#71. 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
#72. Are you up to the challenge? Are you going to be a reproduction or an original? Will you strive to be innovative or imitative? Are you ready to take your turn on the page, turn up the heat, turn it on?
Phil Cousineau
#73. Don't worry when you are not recognized but strive to be worthy of recognition
Abraham Lincoln
#74. One must strive to be as honest as you are humanly capable with yourself and others. It is impossible to move forward otherwise.
Tohoru Masamune
#75. I love to strive to be good at stuff that's really hard.
Rob McClure
#76. I realize now that I've hoped to be great - as an actress, as a mother - because I want to embody the greatness of women who didn't get to be all they could have been. Their dignity, their courage, and their brilliance make me strive to be better. They're a part of me.
Salma Hayek
#77. Strive to be better today than you were yesterday.
James Gordon
#79. I don't strive on being the most beautiful woman in the room! I strive to be the most unique! The one who stands out, the one you will never forget.
Sahndra Fon Dufe
#80. We're all unique and we all have our own talents. If you keep acknowledging your assets and accomplishments , and strive to be the best you can be, you'll let that 'not good enough' mentality go and be on your way to loving yourself, no matter what.
Jude Bijou
#81. When writing about oneself, one must strive to be truthful. Truth is more important than modesty.
Roald Dahl
#82. Before comparing yourself with others, win the battle with yourself. Strive to be better today than yesterday, and better tomorrow than today.
Daisaku Ikeda
#83. Separation is very important to me. I don't strive to be a celebrity. My music has nothing to do with me at the end of the day. Once it's made and it's purchased, it belongs to whoever.
Vince Staples
#84. 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
#85. It is the struggle itself that is most important. We must strive to be more than we are. It does not matter that we will not reach our ultimate goal. The effort itself yields its own reward.
Gene Roddenberry
#86. I think both nature and grace live within everyone, and I always strive to be in a world of grace and compassion.
Jessica Chastain
#87. I am not impressed with what people own. But I'm impressed with what they achieve. I'm proud to be a physician. Always strive to be the best in your field ... . Don't chase money. If you are the best in your field, money will find you.
Thomas J. Stanley
#88. [Nature's] crown is Love. Only through Love can we come near her. She puts gulfs between all things, and all things strive to be interfused. She isolates everything, that she may draw everything together. With a few draughts from the cup of Love she repays for a life full of trouble.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
#89. It is the very nature of grace to make a man strive to be most eminent in that particular grace which is most opposed to his bosom sin.
Thomas Brooks
#90. Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing.
Confucius
#91. Hard work is the only way to go. Strive to be the best you can be and remember that when you try your best, you can't ask any more from yourself, and people can't ask any more from you.
Michael Chang
#92. It is always good to strive to be like people whom you respect. Conversely, I also feel that there are not many things more depressing than finding out that you have things in common with people you detest.
Sean Patrick Flanery
#93. Bond always mistrusted short men. They grew up from childhood with an inferiority complex. All their lives they would strive to be big - bigger than the others who had teased them as a child. Napoleon had been short, and Hitler. It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.
Ian Fleming
#94. You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are.
Juan Manuel Fangio
#95. A lot of my writing comes from the themes of my life, and a lot of that stems from my faith. I also strive to be a light through which Christ can shine, whether it's through the way I dress, though my videos, or through my music.
Lindsey Stirling
#97. Never strive to be part of the norm. If people think you strange ... CELEBRATE. Normal people try way to hard to please others and never end up pleasing themselves. Be ABnormal. It's more fun.
Shelley K. Wall
#98. You can understand why a system would seek information - but why in hell does it offer information? Why do we strive to be understood? Why is a refusal to accept communication so painful?
James Tiptree Jr.
#99. Cheerleading is life, you must give it your all, and always strive to be on top. It teaches you so much, from how to be a team player, leadership, dedication, confidence, and many other qualities.
Natasha Richardson
