striving, n.Definitions

Striving is important to success — He who takes hold slowly goes a long way.

Striving is important despite opposition — Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Striving is everything — life leaps like a geyser for those who drill through the rock of inertia.

Striving is never a bad idea. You should shoot for the moon because even if you miss you'll land among the stars.

Striving is suffering, springing as it does from a painful deficiency and dissatisfaction with one's own state or condition, as in, say thirst.

Striving is generally half-ass. Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.