Sandra Day O'Connor Quotes

I'm working to be the best - the very best. There are a lot of people in this industry, and I'm trying to be the best. I'm working to affect history in a positive way.

I want to go higher in my career. This is not my best. My best is yet to come.

My objective is to be among the best.

You should aspire to a level of personal excellence - to be the best you can be. You should aspire to have the richest life you can get in terms of fulfillment, happiness and peace.

If your desire is to be successful or to make a positive impact on your world, you need to become a person of influence.

Every study of high achieving men and women proves that greatness in life is only possible when you become outstanding at your chosen field.

Success must include two things: the development of an individual to his utmost potentiality and a contribution of some kind to one's world.

Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest. Until your Good is Better, and your Better is your Best.

Actually, all I ever wanted to be was the best in my field.

My will is to always be better and better and better. I've got the will to want to be the best.

A man doesn't amount to something because he has been successful at a third-rate career like journalism. It is evidence, that's all: evidence that if he buckled down and worked hard, he might some day do something really worth doing.

I want to be great, something special.

I always said I wanted to be the best at what I could do. I feel like I can improve.

When you build a career, you should never imitate anybody.

Life's greatest adventure is in doing one's level best.

Success is... knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.

Strive for perfection - never be content with mediocrity. You don't win until you conquer the little flaws. You don't beat these great ones until your form is perfect. This is true in all of life. A flaw in a product can ruin a business. A personal failing, a little one, can ruin a person's life. Don't be content with mediocrity - strive to live up to the greatest within you.

Driving by my ambitions, desire higher positions, to see eternally and my mission, to be more than just a rap musician.

You owe it to yourself to be the best you can possibly be - in baseball and in life.

Persons who reach the higher rungs in business management, selling, engineering, religious work, writing, acting, and in every other pursuit get there by following conscientiously and continuously a plan for self-development and growth.

Success is about having, excellence is about being. Success is about having money and fame, but excellence is being the best you can be.

Set stretch goals. Don't ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don't sell yourself short by thinking that you'll fail.

You have the power to help people become winners.

I just try to be the best I can be and hope that is the best ever.

I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one's life has been led. No matter how much you've done or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.