Strived For Quotes

#1. Hannah strived for physical catharsis, but she was trapped in an unfamiliar mind without its biological counterparts; gasping without lungs, crying without tears, forgiving without a heart.

Jake Vander Ark

#2. When I landed the first 900 at the XGames, it was just - it was a personal achievement. It was something that I have strived for for years and years and years, and in a lot of ways had given up on it. But I just didn't think of the resonance that would have.

Tony Hawk

#3. I have confidence that whatever I set in my mind will happen. Everything I strived for I reached.

Mark Teixeira

#4. I've always been a guy that has strived for dominating, not only winning.

Jon Jones

#5. She strived for perfection. She loved setting herself tasks, sometimes impossible ones, to prove to her heart that underneath every seemingly ugly thing there was something beautiful inside.

Cecelia Ahern

#6. I think diversity for most actors is such a blessing. It's something definitely I've strived for.

Rose Byrne

#7. Sometimes pain and hurt are good things because it means you strived for something in your life.

Kathryn Perez

#8. I'm used to being a supporting player in the background. All I ever wanted, at the very most, was to have a small part in something where people were like, 'Oh, right, that one guy, whoever he is, was pretty good in that.' That's all I ever really strived for or expected.

Robin Lord Taylor

#9. When I was a new mom, I used to think that life was going to be balanced, and I strived for that. But life is crazy!

Brooke Burke

#10. Though I strived for spiritual and physical unity in all of Spain, I believed a truly great country, one that would endure for centuries, must be built on the foundation of a literate and well-rounded society.

C.W. Gortner

#11. And these are the secrets Octava has strived for centuries to tell humankind.

Lucian Bane

#12. I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone beyond what anybody ever thought I could do, what I thought I myself could do. And I've allowed myself to be inspired, kept my eyes open and my senses open to inspiration around me.

Clara Hughes

#13. every leader who strived for power somehow ended up corrupted in the process.

Morgan Rice

#14. Because love is the ultimate goal. It's not the one I had strived for, but I was lucky enough, so damn lucky, to achieve it.

Elle Kennedy

#15. What makes the world such a wonderful place is the diversity. I have always strived to fill my home, my office and my hotels with the most diverse crowds possible.

Petter Stordalen

#16. I have always strived to do something different, to push myself.

Seal

#17. My cartoon strips in college strived to have the Schulzian mix of surrealism and Charlie Brown angst. A bit of that combo shows up in 'Up.'

Bob Peterson

#18. If I had known there was such a thing as Islamic Calligraphy, I would never have started to paint. I have strived to reach the highest levels of artistic mastery, but I found that Islamic Calligraphy was there ages before I was.

Pablo Picasso

#19. When someone fears losing your affection, he or she will strive to keep it. Perhaps you have strived to keep someone's affection, too. Fear of loss is not love.

Gary Zukav

#20. I've always strived to be successful, not famous.

Taylor Swift

#21. All culture developed as some wild, raw creature strived to live better and longer.

Mary Oliver

#22. Good luck happens to people who work hard for it. Sometimes people just fall into the honey pot, but I've consistently strived to create whatever good fortune I can get in my life - and consistently strive just as hard not to screw it up once I have it!

Patrick Duffy

#23. I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So that's all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers.

Ron White

#24. The kiss grew into so much more than anything that had come before, unfettered by a time that strived to contain passion, born from perceived loss and glorious gain.

Susan Catalano

#25. People always say to me, 'You've really strived to redefine retail.' But the reality is, I wanted to redefine magazines.

Natalie Massenet

#26. Some were made with skill and intelligence
Some with passion and charm
But they, they were raw, and strived to remain so ...

Pearl Pandya

#27. Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

Brandon Sanderson

#28. Right from the beginning, I always strived to capture everything I saw as completely as possible.

Norman Rockwell

#29. If I couldn't stand up for what I believed in, then I wasn't the person I strived to be.

Mariana Zapata

#30. I want to be remembered as a great friend, an outstanding father, an amazing husband, and a good soul who always strived to serve God and man. And during that time of service on earth, I would like people to think, "He brought joy, love, opportunity, and fulfillment to millions of people."

Tony Robbins

#31. For years he'd strived to make a difference in the world, and he'd worked like a dog to make that happen, and yet here he was, a man sitting on a dock with his children, and never had he felt more certain that his words mattered.

Kristin Hannah