Sentences with phrase «if striving for»

With the gallery's dim lighting and the constantly changing visuals, the effect can be slightly disorienting, overwhelming, as in the close - up images of four women, including Eartha Kitt, singing «Angelitos Negros,» a video which Thomas dramatically edits, focusing in on the eyes and mouths of the singers, as if striving for even more intimacy and connection.

If striving for greatness is too burdensome, we can settle for Sweet 16ness instead.

And if you strive for a niche that's highly relevant but not the same as what all of your competitors pursue, you may avoid the saturation point as mentioned in comments below.

Freelancing is a great way of working, especially if you strive for freedom and more flexibility.

But if we strive for biblical literacy, we end up with neither biblical living nor biblical literacy.

If we strive for biblical living, we also get biblical literacy.

If you strive for quick weight loss, this would mean calorie level would drop significantly, and this can also affect supply.

I am a little confused about the ratio of carbs, protein and fat, For instance if you strive for 75 % fat does that mean that 75 % of your calories come from fat??

Their awkward dance CAN be helpful, however, if we strive for a healthy balance.

If it strived for realism or had accurate physics and a real story it would just be another generic third person shooter and I wouldn't enjoy it much.

If you strive for maximum learning for all your students, then allowing kids to be stuck in dead time feels like a small betrayal — to yourself and to them.

If you strive for low - carbon and climate - resilient DEVELOPMENT, you might throw the occasional side glance at those DEVELOPMENT goals.

Not exact matches

If we're striving only to be better than someone else, doesn't that set our expectations for ourselves too low?

If you want to be the best, and there's no reason you shouldn't, you need to be striving for that 50 - books - per - year goal.

The problems facing us, many of them are global, like rogue nuclear states, like climate change, and other forms of environmental threats, like terrorists, like maximizing global wealth and prosperity, and none of these are going to be solved if we think of the international arena as one of each nation striving for its individual greatness.

So, if 60 hours is too much, how many hours per week should we strive for?

It is incredibly rewarding and motivating to work for an organization that strives to improve the lives of people with disabilities, even if one's own work does not have a direct impact.»

Lamprey touches on a bunch of entrepreneurial topics, including why it's better to strive for unreasonable goals than to accomplish easy ones, how he made money as a kid and what he would change if he could go back in time.

In his testimony on Monday, Clapper added, «The evidence, if there was any, didn't reach the evidentiary bar in terms of the level of confidence that we were striving for in that intelligence community assessment.»

«If you strive to create the best and do the best, not just for some, then today, all of humanity has good cause for hope.»

This can be difficult... especially if you're a person who strives for perfection in everything you do.

Stressing how important these skills are begs the question: if you're a manager who strives for excellence, how can you improve them?

If your husband works for an employer with no 401k or no retirement contribution plan, then it looks like he is stuck and can only strive to max out his solo 401k to $ 53,000 based off income of $ 212,000 +.

Bitshares, a similar company, also allows for token creation but all trading takes place through their currency (BTS), meaning you are stranded if BTS plummets in cost; this is unlikely though, since they strive to provide price stable cryptocurrencies.

If you want a general benchmark — a number to strive for — check out these «guideposts» suggested by Fidelity, the nation's leading retirement plan provider:

«While we will strive to win, if somewhere else is selected by Amazon, I think it will be a very significant plus for our region having experienced an economic development (proposal) of this size and scope and to have gotten together and done the hard work.»

If you want to fight intolerance then strive for tolerance for all.

If people spent more time striving for the ideal instead of complaining and rationalizing their weaknesses, this world would be a better place.

If you are wrong, you will be spending your entire life striving for an eternity that does not exist.

people really need to study the bible — not for Christianity sake but for theirs - the athiest would like everyone to understand them and used this phrase — But when I explain that atheism is central to my worldview — that I am in awe of the natural world and that I believe it is up to human beings, instead of a divine force, to strive to address our problems — they often better understand my views, even if we don't agree.

I don't know what to look for, strive for, or if I could recognize spirituality in my self or someone else.

Its warmth draws you in and connects the listener, but if the band is striving for excellence, there is still more lyrical work to do.

Blessed are those who put themselves first, striving to be great instead of ever being second to anyone, because what really matters is to be great for this vaporous nano - second, even if that means being dead - last for all eternity.

And whoever does not value excellence, especially if it is achieved by discipline, will not strive for it in one's own life.

Even if parents are polytheists and even if they strive to mislead their Muslim son to follow them, he is commanded by the Qur» an to be good to them and to treat them gently, for Allah saith, «And We have enjoined upon man concerning his parents... But if they strive with thee to make thee ascribe unto Me as partner that of which thou hast no knowledge, then obey them not.

It is a distortion of life if one supposes from these facts that life consists essentially in fleeing from pain and striving for pleasure.

These are the very energies that must be synthesised in a unity of wisdom if any absolute meaning and last goal is to be offered for human striving or affirmed of the human person in a modern culture.

The universe would make no sense if there were not some chief causative agency, some source of novelty, some final destiny, some creative and energizing activity striving for the accomplishment of great ends.

The philosophical «God» is understood, if not independently of religious intuition, then definitely beyond its singular appearance (RM 88) 43 Over against the philosophical approach, Christianity developed the double strategy which we have analyzed as «religious intuition» contributing finally to the formation of revelational theology:» (1) Christianity proceeded not from any metaphysics, but it «has always been a religion seeking a metaphysics» (RM 50).45 Christianity strove for theological rationalization, 46 (2) Christianity, however, did not follow any certain metaphysics (PR 66 - 68), but «has been true to its genius for keeping its metaphysics subordinate to the religious fact to which it appeals» (RM 69).

If evangelicals listen intently to the testimony of faithful GLBT persons, and if our side accepts evangelicals» prompting to admit our need and desire to be renewed, maybe we can strive together for a church as just and generous — and holy — as God's gracIf evangelicals listen intently to the testimony of faithful GLBT persons, and if our side accepts evangelicals» prompting to admit our need and desire to be renewed, maybe we can strive together for a church as just and generous — and holy — as God's gracif our side accepts evangelicals» prompting to admit our need and desire to be renewed, maybe we can strive together for a church as just and generous — and holy — as God's grace.

... [Americans] have become a nation that may defy every foe but that most dangerous of foes, herself, destined to a majestic future if she will shun the excess and perversion of the principles that made her great, prate less about the enemies of the past and strive more against the enemies of the future, resist the mob and the demagogue as she resisted Parliament and King, rally her powers from the race for gold and the delirium of prosperity to make firm the foundations on which that prosperity rests, and turn some fair proportion of her vast mental forces to other objects than material progress and the game of party politics.

Society must strive for justice, even if it is forced to use means, such as self - assertion, resistance, coercion, and perhaps resentment, which can not gain the moral sanction of the most sensitive and moral spirit.

If Jesus were walking earth today teaching, would He still teach about honor (showing that striving for honor is better than striving for wealth), OR would He use the primary social value of today, and teach us to strive for eternal wealth?

Very shortly into the sermon I realized 3 things: 1) although my practice would tolerate any of the people in the congregation (welcome them even), if they knew anything about me, I'd be tarred and feathered — and certainly NOT welcome; 2) redemption & heaven were the only reason for good deeds, not simply because strive (in this lifetime) for compassion and truth; and 3) the guy really believed there was a place in the sky made of gold, and that living there was desirable.

If motion is viewed as a natural state, then there is no need for an Unmoved Mover to keep the whole heavenly system turning, and no need for spirits or intelligences to strive after the perfection of the Unmoved Mover.

If the alcoholic striving for sobriety can turn his will over to AA («a new - found Providence»), he will begin moving in an appropriate direction.

If Jesus were to live in today's culture, it's doubtful that He would don a #hustler T - shirt and strive for a million Instagram followers.

If they are from a biblically conservative tradition they are likely to use selected references to sexuality, marriage, and family to communicate the ideals of God in a way that will encourage and motivate people to strive for the ideal.6 This didactic use of the Bible fails to distinguish the radical difference between family life and the religious practices of ancient and modern cultures.

(10) It is that ye should believe in Allah and His apostle and strive in the way of Allah with your riches and Your lives That is best for you, if ye only knew!

Jesus would say that all that great host do not belong to him... they are an offended bunch for whatever region... if you were to observe Christianity through all those four forms you would change your mind and say that all Christians should strive to be what Jesus said of the good ground... good Christians in that parable are out numbered 3 to 1...