Striving for More Quotes

Always let your reach exceed your grasp.

When I was playing football I never enjoyed it that much, I was never happy. If I scored two goals, I wanted a third, I always wanted more. Now it's all over I can look back with satisfaction, but I never felt that way when I was playing.

Good is the enemy of great.

What you think is the summit is only a step up

So even these stages of progression, whether it's your career or whatever, you get somewhere, but then it always brings a new host of issues that are relative dissatisfactions to a certain degree. I think it was a great philosopher who once said, "Mo' money, mo' problems."

'Good enough is good enough' - that's never been acceptable for me.

Anywhere you go, where people are at the bottom, we've all got the same outlook on life and want to strive for more.

If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.

I like to get myself in over my head.

Dreams, they're what sets us apart from being mere a brain and a body.

We didn't come all the way up here to compromise for no more than we’d gotten here. We didn't come all this way for no two seats, 'cause all of us is tired.

I think we could do with being a little more adventurous in certain areas and push on that little bit more, while a bit of luck also wouldn't go amiss.

Reach what you cannot

People smarter than me told me that my potential was bigger than just winning a belt. Now I believe that, and that's what I'm striving for.

I'm a big believer in pushing things too far and forcing people to pull you back.

Better than nothing is not good enough for you!

Lengthen your stride/go the extra mile

I'm certainly not saying that my life is what success is all about. To me, success is the ongoing process of striving to become more.

Every man is made to reach out beyond his grasp.

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.

But I certainly know a lot of people that existed at that level and are always kind of pining for more, always thinking that the next big break, the next opportunity, the big role are just around the corner of the next audition.

You can call me a lot of things, but you can't call me complacent!

I'm not known as a singer, but in life I like to do things that are a bit beyond my reach to keep myself from slipping.

You rarely achieve finality. If you did, life would be over, but as you strive new visions open before you, new possibilities for the satisfaction of living.