Evan Esar Quotes

The more you do, the more you think, the better you get.

Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.

When we make progress and get better at something, it is inherently motivating. In order for people to make progress, they have to get feedback and information on how they're doing.

Critics help you progress: you end up working more; you want to show them they are wrong.

I think success has a lot to do with my own personal growth.

All growth depends upon activity.

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.

Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations.

It's important to set your own goals and work hard to achieve them.

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

I knew all these people had the same goals I did, but the one that worked the hardest would come out on top. That's what drove me all the time. But I had fun. I did better every day, and that's what made it fun.

There's competition in every field, and that's healthy. It makes you work harder and be your best. Competition, not in terms of money or number of projects, but in the quality of your work, is very healthy.

I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others.

I'm focused on going out every day and doing my best.

The more we do, the more we can do.

I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.

We tried to convince people that we didn’t have to be last in everything.

Ambition has become a dirty word, and I believe it is a great evolutionary force for the positive. If people fail or go astray in their ambition I can live with it but not with people lowering their expectations, wasting time, slacking off and glorifying failure and stupidity.

If you're the most productive person in your community, it's definitely time to find a new community.

My debut season was a good one for me, especially at 16, but I said that I want to improve.

I work every day to improve and reach my top.

I think that's one of the most important thing for a player to have - to have goals for yourself, that you want to make steps, that you want to improve yourself, that you want to go the highest level.

If you can do your thing on a big stage, it helps, but then to do it against guys that are older than you still gives me confidence that all the hard work I'm putting in is really working and I just got to keep getting better.

It feels great when you work on something so long, and you see signs of growth. When you see it starting to pay off, it's such a great feeling.