As artists, we must not go down to the level of the masa; we should bring them up, intellectualize our languages, create classics out of our folk arts. We can do this if we are true to our roots and strive for excellence.
Strive to find things to be thankful for, and just look for the good in who you are!
As president of Iraq, I shall strive to represent the diversity of a country that has too often in the past denied difference.
To be challenged means to strive. I'm almost certain that's true.
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
Integrity is something I strive for in every part of my life.
As an artist, it feels good that we've created something that is connecting with the audience, which is what we always strive to do.
People who own property feel a sense of ownership in their future and their society. They study, save, work, strive and vote. And people trapped in a culture of tenancy do not.
Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.
I'm a pro. I'm a professional and strive to be the best and try to have fun.
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.
After graduating college, I finally allowed myself to strive for what I loved to do, even if there were no guarantees that I would be able to make a living off of acting. This, combined with my life experiences prior - like stars aligning - led me to this lovely role of Katana within the DC Comics universe.
Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state of being which we may strive to attain.
True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.
I come armed with a really good ignorance. I don't strive toward ignorance. I come by it naturally.
If the military might of Germany and Japan are ultimately to be crushed, the United Nations, one and all, must definitely and urgently strive toward a total war effort.
I strive to be my best every time I go out, and that's very stressful. After a while of doing that... it's nice to just take a deep breath, sit on a tractor.
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.
I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back.
Actors are there to represent the human condition back to itself. It's never about the actor. It's about the content. That's what I strive for in my work.
I strive to be brief but I become obscure.
I strive for perfection, but I'm not perfect. But what I can say is my morals are totally different than any other 24-year-old rapper my age now. I look at life totally different. A whole other aspect. I have different views and morals on life in general. And opinions.
Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.
Men and women of every faith and good people with none at all sincerely strive to do right and lead a purpose-driven life.
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.
Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals.
Civility is perhaps a quaint notion but civility in Parliament is something we should always strive to uphold.
I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.
Children are completely egoistic; they feel their needs intensely and strive ruthlessly to satisfy them.
You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.
Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
A short story can be really interesting and enriching and powerful, but a novel just contains so much more information and richness and depth. That's what I strive for in my music. I want to create something that's like a longform statement.
The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private sector, still strive to work in the same direction; this is why the Thai nation still stands.
I think when I was younger, I strived for perfection. And now I strive for my imperfections because I think they're more interesting.
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.
My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.
