Ann Landers Quotes

Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.

You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.

I've stopped apologizing to myself for having this great period of success and financial acceptance.

Success makes you less intimidated by things.

Life gives you enough hard knocks so it's unlikely you'll stay that sure of yourself.

I just want to be the best. I haven't been in an all-out war. That doesn't mean I'm not the best.

I've always had this fear in me. What would life be like if I wasn't Number 1 on television? But I've learnt to overcome that fear.

I have the tools to climb the mountain so I don't mind climbing mountains. I have climbed mountains since I was growing up in east London in Plaistow. I'm not scared of climbing mountains. When you get to the top, the view's great. That's what it's all about.

I know I have the potential to beat DC.

I don't think success makes one confident. I think it has more to do with character than circumstance.

You can still have a very strong sense of who you are and be successful in this industry.

I feel proud of everything I've been through.

Maybe when I was younger, people didn't always believe in me; they didn't think I would make it to where I am now.

Demonstration of mastery gives a feeling of power and that feeling of power is a good feeling.

I love to be pushed so I can prove myself, because once again, I will.

Girls that I use to try to talk to, now they want to talk to me.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today.

Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.

All you can do is do the best you can and I did that. I had a great time. I made a product and I was not embarrassed by it at all so you do it and you move on.

When I look back on my twenties, I just remember being afraid of everything, and in my thirties, I'm actually excited by things. And if things don't work out, you know, by the time you've hit your thirties, you've had your fair share of disappointments.

I always considered myself very successful even before the success of Secrets and Lies.

It is possible in this world to be pretty and funny and successful all at the same time.

I learned that you go through things, you deal with them and that's what empowers you and ultimately makes you a happy person.

Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.