Examples of using "Streben" in a sentence and their english translations:
we shoot for happiness.
We seek happiness.
That's what we were striving for.
We are anxious for world peace.
There is no limit to human desire.
We all wish for happiness.
that they actually strive for something
The pursuit of truth is admirable.
What is your intent with Tatoeba?
Have you seen the movie "The Pursuit of Happiness"?
and convenience trumps quality in our quest for quick.
All too often, we aim for perfection, but never end up doing anything
But Victor did not hide his disapproval of Napoleon’s quest for political power,
Life is too short to seek perfection in material things.
The opposites yin and yang pursue each other through time.
We are all in daily pursuit of happiness.
Many women pursue higher education and careers, thus delaying marriage and childbirth.
Curiosity is nothing more than vanity. More often than not we only seek knowledge to show it off.
Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
It occurred to him that he might endeavour to persuade Chloe's father to receive him as her suitor, flattering himself that he was far superior to her other admirers. But there was one obstacle which gave him no little uneasiness: — Lamon, his own father, was not rich; and on remembering this, his chances of success seemed very slender.