Nicolas Sarkozy Quotes

I think most people can do a whole lot more if they just try.

Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.

He tries to show each person how much they are capable of achieving.

Every man who can be a first-rate something -- as every man can be who is a man at all -- has no right to be a fifth-rate something; for a fifth-rate something is not better than a first-rate nothing.

You can do anything you wish to do, have anything you wish to have, be anything you wish to be.

I believe in excellence. It is a basic need of every human soul. All of us can be excellent, because, fortunately, we are exceedingly diverse in our ambitions and talents.

You were created to excel. There’s no limit to how high you can go in life. Keep stretching to the next level.

Greatness is not the effect of which inspiration is the cause. We are all inspired, but we are all not great.

I always want to grow and top myself.

I still feel like I have a lot to prove. My biggest burning question is 'How much more are you capable of?'

You all have the potential to be what you wanna be.

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

I have a lot of confidence in myself that I can be one of the best.

I will always be motivated to improve until I feel I've achieved my potential.

I've got a lot of natural talent, and I'm not wasting it.

You may be better than the rest, but you are not a success until you have made the effort to become the best you can be.

You don't have to be very brilliant. You don't have to have such a wonderful education. You can be an outstanding success if you will only take what little you have, whether it's little or much, and start using it, putting it into operation, doing something about it, and doing something with it. And, of course, that calls for initiative.

There's so much I want to do as an actor. I feel like there's so much more that I want to achieve and that I can achieve.

Indeed, everybody wants to be a wow, But not everybody knows exactly how.

Learn all you can. Growth comes from setting your goals high and reaching for the stars.

If somebody else is achieving more than I am, that means I can do it, too. Everybody has the ability to raise themselves up, and my life has been marked by that.

I want to be great, something special.

If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives.

First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.

What you aim for, in the first place, is to be as good as you can possibly be. This is what I do, and I'm going to try to be the best in the world.