Daniel Keyes Quotes

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

I always look for... hopefully look for a challenge. And you're always looking for the next summit to hit. Even if it's a personal one. It needn't be some great sense of monumental... It just has to be important to you and big enough and special enough and individual enough that you get up for it. And that can be anything.

The greatest barrier to someone achieving their potential is their denial of it.

I look forward to proving something to myself and others.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto.

We may win when we lose, if we have done what we can; for by so doing we have made real at least some part of that finished product in whose fabrication we are most concerned: ourselves.

I want to learn and challenge myself and grow.

I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life.

I think we all strive to push ourselves, to overcome our struggles. And when we do, we get to know ourselves better.

I know the person I am, and I know the person I can be.

My goal is not necessarily to be an inspiration. I think, if anything, I want to continue to be inspired and to continue to grow as a person.

When I was 12 or 13, I realised I was good, but I never knew how far I'd get.

Playing games and watching film, I've been able to see the improvements I can make and how much better I can be. It's exciting to think about it.

If you don't get challenged, then you can't find out how good you are.

I am happy that I can challenge myself in various fields.

I feel like I'm still improving, still getting better, and I have a lot more to give in this sport.

You need to be comfortable with yourself first and then decide what you want to achieve.

Obviously when you challenge yourself you learn a lot about yourself, and ultimately you're going to get better in whatever field.

A good role is something that will stretch your abilities and make you go beyond your levels.

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but by why and how we do it.

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

Some can go further than others.

People say, "John, what's your personal growth?" And ask "How do you grow?" And I tell them. I thought, "Why do I keep telling them, why don't I just write a book on what I call personal growth?" And that's what this [Today Matters] book is.

If there's more that you can do, then do it. If there's not more that you can do, then be content with what you're doing. But if there is despair, the despair can only be that you can do more. Because when you're doing as much as you can do, you will not feel despair. Because despair is the gap between what you could be doing and what you are doing.