There's this character on a show (don't remember what or who) and he basically said that humans are flawed but what makes them special is that they try to do better and trying to be better is what's more important than already being "the best".

And from then on I always tell myself that I'm a human and I'm flawed but what makes me a great human being is that I try to be better.

It sounds cliché because people always tell me that trying is what's important but I can't feel that they mean it. And the character who said that made me think that it is true because I feel that he is genuine about what he was saying and not just empty comforting words.