Diana Vreeland Quotes

So I don't really focus too much on that, and I think it's dangerous if your goal in life is to get the other guy, then you're not going to be doing a really quality job yourself.

Comparison is a disease. I never felt any competition, since I never compared myself to others. I only focus on my work. I never feel pressurised and do films in my style. Also, I'm very active since childhood, and that gives me the edge to always put my best.

Don't waste a moment of energy looking around at what other people are doing.

Whenever comparisons get too crazy I just think about my goals, and what I want from myself. I don't look at any references.

When I'm not worrying about what other people want, that's when I do the best work.

I'm not going to see anybody else in the mirror. That's how I live, day by day. When I look in the mirror, it's up to me to accomplish everything I want out of life.

We don't focus on our rivals: we focus on ourselves.

When you're busy doing your own stuff it's like running a race. You try not to look over your shoulder to see who else is in the race, you do the best you can.

You can't be successful with other people if you haven't paid the price of success with yourself.

Never worry about what anyone else is doing...Just swim your own race.

Make no mistake, I always want to win, but I never fight with an opponent. My fight is within me it is the struggle to be the best I can be at whatever I do.

Do you. Just focus on being the best version of yourself that you can be every day, and don't compare yourself to anyone else or worry about what they're doing.

Remedy your deficiencies,and your merits will take care of themselves.

Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.

I focus on myself, that's how I beat Wladimir Klitschko.

Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself.

Everybody doesn't get to do each and every film. I don't compete with others; I compete with myself. I have been an athlete, a sportsperson; so I know how to be competitive in a healthy way.

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself.

The only one who can beat me is me.

Instead of wanting to be better than other people, let's channel that energy to be better than we were yesterday and then again to be the best we can be tomorrow.

It's a waste of energy to think about what somebody else is doing and how they doing it. I'ma just do what I do.

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself.

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.

You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character.