CINXE.COM

<!doctype html>   <html lang="en" prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#">  <head> <link rel="subresource" href="//cdn.citatis.com/css/main.min.vd417aeb3.css" /> <link rel="preconnect" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com" /> <link rel="preconnect" href="//cdn.citatis.com/img/"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//www.google-analytics.com"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//googleads.g.doubleclick.net"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//securepubads.g.doubleclick.net"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//tpc.googlesyndication.com"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" /> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=0.5, user-scalable=yes" /> <meta name="description" content="All quotes by topic Striving - the best quotes and sayings selected by our users. Find the perfect quotation, share the best one or create your own!" /> <meta name="keywords" content="Striving quotes, Striving sayings, quotes, short Striving quotes, best Striving quotes, famous Striving quotes, citatis" /> <meta property="og:title" content="Striving Quotes and Sayings" /> <meta property="og:type" content="website" /> <meta property="og:url" content="https://citatis.com/topic/793/" /> <meta property="fb:app_id" content="428075874317092" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="Citatis.com" /> <meta property="og:description" content="All quotes by topic Striving - the best quotes and sayings selected by our users. Find the perfect quotation, share the best one or create your own!" /> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@citatiscom"> <meta name="twitter:creator" content="@citatiscom"> <meta name="twitter:title" content="Striving Quotes and Sayings"> <meta name="twitter:description" content="All quotes by topic Striving - the best quotes and sayings selected by our users. Find the perfect quotation, share the best one or create your own!"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="//cdn.citatis.com/img/apple-touch-icon.png" /> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="//cdn.citatis.com/img/favicon-32x32.png" /> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="//cdn.citatis.com/img/favicon-16x16.png" /> <link rel="manifest" href="//cdn.citatis.com/img/manifest.json" /> <link rel="mask-icon" href="//cdn.citatis.com/img/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#5bbad5" /> <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff" /> <link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" href="//cdn.citatis.com/css/main.min.vd417aeb3.css" />   <title>Striving Quotes and Sayings | Сitatis</title>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-52815707-9"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'UA-52815707-9'); </script> <script async='async' src='https://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js'></script> <script> var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; googletag.cmd.push(function() { if (screen.width > 1000) { googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-footer', [[728, 90]], 'div-gpt-ad-1539483707189-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-footer', [[336, 280]], 'div-gpt-ad-1539483707189-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/adsense-citatis-right', [[336, 280]], 'div-gpt-ad-1539482008349-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.enableServices(); }); </script> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-2640316034442145", enable_page_level_ads: true }); </script> </head> <body itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPage"> <header> <button class="nav__menu-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbar" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Open site Navigation"></button> <button id="search_open" class="nav__search-open" aria-label="Site Search"></button> <a href="/" class="i-logo"><img src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/citatis_logo.svg" title="Popular Quotes" alt="Popular Quotes"></a> <nav class="panel"> <ul class="nav collapse" id="navbar" aria-expanded="false"> <li class="nav__item active"> <a href="/topics/" role="button">TOPICS</a> </li> <li class="nav__item "> <a href="/authors/" role="button">AUTHORS</a> </li> <li class="nav__item "> <a href="/day/" role="button">QUOTE OF THE DAY</a> </li> <li class="nav__item noactive"> <a href="#popup_auth" data-toggle="modal" role="button">FAVORITES</a> </li> <li class="nav__item--login"> <a href="#popup_auth" data-toggle="modal" role="button">LOG IN</a> </li> </ul> <form class="nav__search" id="nav__search" action="/search/" method="GET"> <input type="search" id="search" value="" name="q" required="" placeholder="SEARCH" aria-label="Enter search query"/> <button id="b_search" type="submit" class="i-search" title="search"></button> <i id="close" class="i-close" aria-label="Close Search form"></i> </form> </nav> </header> <div class="wrapper" id="body_wrapper"> <main> <h1 class="theme__headline hr__decorate"> Striving Quotes </h1> <div class="switch"> <ul class="switch-view" role="menu"> <li id="switch_cards" role="menuitem" class="active"><i class="i-cards" title="view_as_cards"></i></li> <li id="switch_list" role="menuitem"><i class="i-list" title="view_as_list"></i></li> </ul> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a35/261ee/">A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a35/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/3/35.v7.jpg" alt="W. E. B. Du Bois"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">W. E. B. Du Bois</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="261ee"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="261ee" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a35/261ee/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=A%20little%20less%20complaint%20and%20whining%2C%20and%20a%20little%20more%20dogged%20work%20and%20manly%20striving%2C%20would%20do%20us%20more%20credit%20than%20a%20thousand%20civil%20rights%20bills.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa35%2F261ee%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/10/">Work</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/794/">Credit</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4184/0109b/">Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4184/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/18/4184.v7.jpg" alt="Pat Riley"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Pat Riley</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0109b"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0109b" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4184/0109b/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Excellence%20is%20the%20gradual%20result%20of%20always%20striving%20to%20do%20better.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4184%2F0109b%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/303/">Better</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1253/">Excellence</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul><div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-1'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a23759/06224c/">When faced with a mountain, I WILL NOT QUIT! I will keep on striving until I climb over, find a pass through, tunnel underneath, or simply stay and turn the mountain into a gold mine with God's help!</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a23759/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/f/23759.v4.jpg" alt="Robert H. Schuller"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Robert H. Schuller</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="06224c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="06224c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a23759/06224c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20faced%20with%20a%20mountain%2C%20I%20WILL%20NOT%20QUIT%21%20I%20will%20keep%20on%20striving%20until%20I%20climb%20over%2C%20find%20a%20pass%20through%2C%20tunnel%20underneath%2C%20or%20simply%20stay%20and%20turn%20the%20mountain%20into%20a%20gold%20mine%20with%20God%27s%20help%21&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa23759%2F06224c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/735/">Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1872/">Climb</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/24129/">Faced</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4468/363a11/">Striving for peace and preparing for war are incompatible with each other, and in our time more so than ever.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4468/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/4468.v5.jpg" alt="Albert Einstein"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Albert Einstein</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="363a11"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a4468/363a11/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303131/3221633553.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="363a11" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4468/363a11/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Striving%20for%20peace%20and%20preparing%20for%20war%20are%20incompatible%20with%20each%20other%2C%20and%20in%20our%20time%20more%20so%20than%20ever.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4468%2F363a11%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303131/3221633553.v1.jpg&description=Striving%20for%20peace%20and%20preparing%20for%20war%20are%20incompatible%20with%20each%20other%2C%20and%20in%20our%20time%20more%20so%20than%20ever." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/237/">War</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/250/">Peace</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/16168/">Preparing</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4468/187d2/">Measured objectively, what a man can wrest from Truth by passionate striving is utterly infinitesimal. But the striving frees us from the bonds of the self and makes us comrades of those who are the best and the greatest.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4468/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/4468.v5.jpg" alt="Albert Einstein"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Albert Einstein</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="187d2"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a4468/187d2/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303132/1073776594.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="187d2" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4468/187d2/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Measured%20objectively%2C%20what%20a%20man%20can%20wrest%20from%20Truth%20by%20passionate%20striving%20is%20utterly%20infinitesimal.%20But%20the%20striving%20frees%20us%20from%20the%20bonds%20of%20the%20self%20and%20makes%20us%20comrades%20of%20those%20who%20are%20the%20best%20and%20the%20greatest.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4468%2F187d2%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303132/1073776594.jpg&description=Measured%20objectively%2C%20what%20a%20man%20can%20wrest%20from%20Truth%20by%20passionate%20striving%20is%20utterly%20infinitesimal.%20But%20the%20striving%20frees%20us%20from%20the%20bonds%20of%20the%20self%20and%20makes%20us%20comrades%20of%20those%20who%20are%20the%20best%20and%20the%20greatest." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/78/">Truth</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/10389/">Bonds</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/14805/">Comrades</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a500/11e32/">In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents - those constantly striving for betterment - have any hope of surviving.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a500/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/500.v5.jpg" alt="Raghuram Rajan"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Raghuram Rajan</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="11e32"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="11e32" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a500/11e32/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=In%20a%20competitive%20industry%2C%20only%20paranoid%20incumbents%20-%20those%20constantly%20striving%20for%20betterment%20-%20have%20any%20hope%20of%20surviving.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa500%2F11e32%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/586/">Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2465/">Competitive</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4468/262d96/">Striving for social justice is the most valuable thing to do in life.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4468/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/4468.v5.jpg" alt="Albert Einstein"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Albert Einstein</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="262d96"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a4468/262d96/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303136/2147888534.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="262d96" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4468/262d96/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Striving%20for%20social%20justice%20is%20the%20most%20valuable%20thing%20to%20do%20in%20life.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4468%2F262d96%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303136/2147888534.v1.jpg&description=Striving%20for%20social%20justice%20is%20the%20most%20valuable%20thing%20to%20do%20in%20life." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/336/">Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/584/">Social</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3916/3120c/">Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3916/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/c/3916.v4.jpg" alt="Zhuangzi"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Zhuangzi</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3120c"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3120c" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3916/3120c/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Happiness%20is%20the%20absence%20of%20the%20striving%20for%20happiness.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3916%2F3120c%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/452/">Happiness</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/5476/">Absence</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-2'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a918/24701/">That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a918/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/16/918.v6.jpg" alt="Dale Earnhardt"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Dale Earnhardt</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="24701"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="24701" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a918/24701/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=That%27s%20what%20we%27re%20striving%20for%2C%20making%20us%20a%20contender%20in%20every%20race.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa918%2F24701%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/774/">Race</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/562/">U.S.</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2706/324e1/">To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2706/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/12/2706.v4.jpg" alt="Victor Hugo"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Victor Hugo</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="324e1"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="324e1" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2706/324e1/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=To%20think%20is%20of%20itself%20to%20be%20useful%3B%20it%20is%20always%20and%20in%20all%20cases%20a%20striving%20toward%20God.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2706%2F324e1%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/58/">God</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/149/">Think</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2616/31a18/">All that you may achieve or discover you will regard as a fragment of a larger pattern of the truth which from the separate approaches every true scholar is striving to descry.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2616/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/18/2616.v8.jpg" alt="A. Lawrence Lowell"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">A. Lawrence Lowell</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="31a18"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31a18" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2616/31a18/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=All%20that%20you%20may%20achieve%20or%20discover%20you%20will%20regard%20as%20a%20fragment%20of%20a%20larger%20pattern%20of%20the%20truth%20which%20from%20the%20separate%20approaches%20every%20true%20scholar%20is%20striving%20to%20descry.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2616%2F31a18%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1081/">May</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/78/">Truth</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/484/">True</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a25538/3628a9/">Whatever you want, especially when you’re striving to be the best in the world at something, there’ll always be disappointments, and you can’t be emotionally tied to them, cos’ they’ll break your spirit.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a25538/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/2/25538.v64.jpg" alt="Mike Tyson"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Mike Tyson</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3628a9"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3628a9" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a25538/3628a9/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Whatever%20you%20want%2C%20especially%20when%20you%E2%80%99re%20striving%20to%20be%20the%20best%20in%20the%20world%20at%20something%2C%20there%E2%80%99ll%20always%20be%20disappointments%2C%20and%20you%20can%E2%80%99t%20be%20emotionally%20tied%20to%20them%2C%20cos%E2%80%99%20they%E2%80%99ll%20break%20your%20spirit.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa25538%2F3628a9%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/298/">Want</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1015/">Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/6962/">Disappointments</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1221/061bc/">People striving for approval from others become phony.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1221/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/5/1221.v5.jpg" alt="Ichiro Suzuki"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ichiro Suzuki</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="061bc"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="061bc" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1221/061bc/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=People%20striving%20for%20approval%20from%20others%20become%20phony.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1221%2F061bc%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/92/">People</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1050/">Others</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a372/241a8/">The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a372/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/372.v6.jpg" alt="Nathaniel Parker Willis"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Nathaniel Parker Willis</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="241a8"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="241a8" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a372/241a8/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=The%20lily%20and%20the%20rose%20in%20her%20fair%20face%20striving%20for%20precedence.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa372%2F241a8%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1238/">Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2530/">Fair</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/10315/">Precedence</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-3'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a2585/2621f/">But in the next world I shan't be doing music, with all the striving and disappointments. I shall be being it.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a2585/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/19/2585.v5.jpg" alt="Ralph Vaughan Williams"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ralph Vaughan Williams</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="2621f"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="2621f" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a2585/2621f/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=But%20in%20the%20next%20world%20I%20shan%27t%20be%20doing%20music%2C%20with%20all%20the%20striving%20and%20disappointments.%20I%20shall%20be%20being%20it.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa2585%2F2621f%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/114/">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a3739/33f01/">We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a3739/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/1b/3739.v5.jpg" alt="Ovid"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Ovid</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="33f01"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a3739/33f01/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/3031/3221241601.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="33f01" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a3739/33f01/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=We%20are%20ever%20striving%20after%20what%20is%20forbidden%2C%20and%20coveting%20what%20is%20denied%20us.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa3739%2F33f01%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/3031/3221241601.v1.jpg&description=We%20are%20ever%20striving%20after%20what%20is%20forbidden%2C%20and%20coveting%20what%20is%20denied%20us." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/562/">U.S.</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/6925/">Forbidden</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1623/31dd4d/">What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a1623/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/17/1623.v26.jpg" alt="Oprah Winfrey"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Oprah Winfrey</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="31dd4d"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31dd4d" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a1623/31dd4d/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=What%20we%27re%20all%20striving%20for%20is%20authenticity%2C%20a%20spirit-to-spirit%20connection.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa1623%2F31dd4d%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1620/">Connection</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1689/">Authenticity</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a15968/063b34/">I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a15968/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/0/15968.v3.jpg" alt="Plotinus"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Plotinus</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="063b34"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="063b34" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a15968/063b34/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20am%20striving%20to%20give%20back%20the%20Divine%20in%20myself%20to%20the%20Divine%20in%20the%20All.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa15968%2F063b34%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/506/">Back</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3335/">Divine</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a18692/366ade/">Ruthless striving, overcomes everything.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a18692/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/4/18692.v5.jpg" alt="Petrarch"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Petrarch</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="366ade"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a18692/366ade/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303165/3221646046.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="366ade" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a18692/366ade/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Ruthless%20striving%2C%20overcomes%20everything.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa18692%2F366ade%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303165/3221646046.v1.jpg&description=Ruthless%20striving%2C%20overcomes%20everything." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/4918/">Ruthless</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a20421/26ace3/">When the striving ceases, there is life waiting as a gift.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a20421/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/5/20421.v2.jpg" alt="Saul Bellow"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Saul Bellow</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="26ace3"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="26ace3" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a20421/26ace3/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=When%20the%20striving%20ceases%2C%20there%20is%20life%20waiting%20as%20a%20gift.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa20421%2F26ace3%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/828/">Gift</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <div class="banner--main">  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { var slot; var slotName = 'div-gpt-ad-1539479904694-4'; if (screen.width > 1000) { slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[728, 90]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } else { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); slot = googletag.defineSlot('/150025860/citatis-top', [[336, 280]], slotName).addService(googletag.pubads()); } googletag.display(slotName); googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]); }); </script> </div> </div> <ul class="quotes--cards"> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4468/0634d2/">It is open to every man to choose the direction of his striving; and also every man may draw comfort from Lessing's fine saying, that the search for truth is more precious than its possession.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4468/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/14/4468.v5.jpg" alt="Albert Einstein"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Albert Einstein</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="0634d2"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a4468/0634d2/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303132/406738.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="0634d2" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4468/0634d2/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=It%20is%20open%20to%20every%20man%20to%20choose%20the%20direction%20of%20his%20striving%3B%20and%20also%20every%20man%20may%20draw%20comfort%20from%20Lessing%27s%20fine%20saying%2C%20that%20the%20search%20for%20truth%20is%20more%20precious%20than%20its%20possession.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4468%2F0634d2%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/303132/406738.v1.jpg&description=It%20is%20open%20to%20every%20man%20to%20choose%20the%20direction%20of%20his%20striving%3B%20and%20also%20every%20man%20may%20draw%20comfort%20from%20Lessing%27s%20fine%20saying%2C%20that%20the%20search%20for%20truth%20is%20more%20precious%20than%20its%20possession." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/78/">Truth</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1946/">Search</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1202/">Choose</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a4536/11d450/">I'm constantly striving to break through to something new. You try to maintain a neutral approach to your work, and not be too hard on yourself.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a4536/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/18/4536.v2.jpg" alt="Al Pacino"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Al Pacino</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="11d450"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="11d450" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a4536/11d450/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%27m%20constantly%20striving%20to%20break%20through%20to%20something%20new.%20You%20try%20to%20maintain%20a%20neutral%20approach%20to%20your%20work%2C%20and%20not%20be%20too%20hard%20on%20yourself.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa4536%2F11d450%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/10/">Work</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/697/">Yourself</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/10559/">Neutral</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a7562/31f7c6/">I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a7562/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/a/7562.v2.jpg" alt="Arthur Ashe"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Arthur Ashe</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="31f7c6"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="31f7c6" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a7562/31f7c6/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=I%20have%20tried%20to%20keep%20on%20with%20my%20striving%20because%20this%20is%20the%20only%20hope%20I%20have%20of%20ever%20achieving%20anything%20worthwhile%20and%20lasting.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa7562%2F31f7c6%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/586/">Hope</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3993/">Worthwhile</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/793/">Striving</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a20311/26a042/">Always remember that striving and struggle precede success even in the dictionary.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a20311/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/17/20311.v3.jpg" alt="Sarah Ban Breathnach"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Sarah Ban Breathnach</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="26a042"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="26a042" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a20311/26a042/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Always%20remember%20that%20striving%20and%20struggle%20precede%20success%20even%20in%20the%20dictionary.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa20311%2F26a042%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/296/">Success</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/2/">Struggle</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/3301/">Dictionary</a></li> </ul>  </li> </ul> <dl class="pagination" role="menubar"> <dd><span class="active">1</span></dd><dd><a href="/topic/793/?p=1" class="ajax" rel="next">2</a></dd><nobr><dd><span class="disabled">previous</span></dd><dd><a href="/topic/793/?p=1" class="ajax" rel="next">next</a></dd></nobr> </dl> </main> <aside> <div class="banner--aside"> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539482008349-0'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1539482008349-0'); }); </script> </div></div><section class="tags--themes"> <h3>RELEVANT THEMES</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="/topic/78/"> Truth </a> </li> <li> <a href="/topic/10/"> Work </a> </li> <li> <a href="/topic/794/"> Credit </a> </li> <li> <a href="/topic/250/"> Peace </a> </li> <li> <a href="/topic/452/"> Happiness </a> </li> </ul> <a href="/topics/" class="tags__more">More Topics</a> </section> <section class="tags--authors"> <h3>RELEVANT AUTHORS</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/a35/">W. E. B. Du Bois</a></li><li><a href="/a372/">Nathaniel Parker Willis</a></li><li><a href="/a500/">Raghuram Rajan</a></li><li><a href="/a918/">Dale Earnhardt</a></li><li><a href="/a4536/">Al Pacino</a></li> </ul> <a href="/authors/" class="tags__more">More Authors</a> </section> </aside>  </div> <footer> <div class="banner--main"> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1539483707189-0'> <script> var slotName = "div-gpt-ad-1539483707189-0"; if (screen.width <= 1000) { document.getElementById(slotName).classList.add("banner--mobile"); } googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(slotName); }); </script> </div></div> <div class="footer"> <p class="footer__copyright">© Citatis, 2017-2025. <wbr />Created by <a href="https://final-level.com/" target="_blank">Final Level</a>.</p> <ul class="footer__navbar" role="menubar"> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/terms/" class="active">Terms</a></li> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/privacy/">Privacy</a></li> <li role="menuitem" class="footer__navbar__add"><a href="#popup_auth" data-toggle="modal" role="button">Add Quote</a></li> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/widgets/">Widgets</a></li> </ul> <p class="footer__social"> Follow us on: <br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/citatiscom/" class="i-fb" title="Facebook" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/citatiscom/" class="i-tw" title="Twitter" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/citatis_com/" class="i-inst" title="Instagram" target="_blank"></a> </p> </div> </footer> <div class="modal _login fade" id="popup_auth" tabindex="-1" aria-labelledby="myModalLabel_0" aria-hidden="true" role="dialog"> <div class="modal__dialog"> <div class="modal__content"> <button class="i-close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close" aria-hidden="true"></button> <h3 class="modal__heading" id="myModalLabel_0">Log in, please</h3> <p> Authorization is only required to store your personal settings and favorites. </p> <div class="login__agreement" id="login_agree"> <input type="checkbox" id="user-agree"> <label for="user-agree">I have read and agree with the</label> <a href="/terms/" target="policy">Terms</a> &  <a href="/privacy/" target="policy">Privacy</a> </div> <p> Log in with: </p> <div class="login__social-buttons"> <a href="/social/redirect/1/" class="i-fb disabled" title="Facebook"></a> <a href="/social/redirect/3/" class="i-google disabled" title="Google"></a> <a href="/social/redirect/2/" class="i-tw disabled" title="Twitter"></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="modal fade" id="popup_embed" tabindex="-1" aria-labelledby="popup_embed_0" aria-hidden="true" role="dialog" style="display: none;"> <div class="modal__dialog"> <div class="modal__content"> <button class="i-close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close" aria-hidden="true"></button> <h3 class="modal__heading" id="popup_embed_0">Code for embedding the Quote anywhere</h3> <form> <p> <label for="quote_code"> Use this code for embedding the Quote anywhere </label> </p> <p> <textarea id="quote_code" rows="7" readonly="readonly" onclick="this.focus();this.select();"></textarea> </p> <button id="copy_embed" type="button" class="button">Copy the Code</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panel alert--cookies collapse in" id="alert_cookies" role="alertdialog"> <span> This site uses <a href="/privacy/">cookies</a>. By continuing to use this website, you agree to our policies regarding the use of cookies. </span> <span class="action"> <input type="button" id="agree_cookies" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#alert_cookies" aria-expanded="true" value="I agree"> </span> </div> <script src="//cdn.citatis.com/js/jquery.js"></script><script src="//cdn.citatis.com/js/history.min.vd53c7a13.js"></script><script src="//cdn.citatis.com/js/citatis.min.v81864d4f.js"></script><script src="//cdn.citatis.com/js/bootstrap.min.v6ac5a32f.js"></script> </body> </html>