Rodney Crowell Quotes

Success has always been easy to measure. It is the distance between one's origins and one's final achievement.

I just want to be challenged. I want to be proud of what I do, and I want to learn new things and keep growing.

Success is not a resting-place - it is a launching pad.

The Girl Scouts is an organization that constantly gives you new goals to achieve and that's what life is all about.

When you achieve a certain amount of success, you want to be doing something else.

I get more ambitious every decade, and I am more ambitious today than ever before. I still love the game - and the thrill of the chase.

Ambition is to be the fastest runner on this planet, to be the first on the South Pole, which is a grotesque perversion of ambition. It's an ego trip, and I'm not on an ego trip. I don't have ambitions - I have a vision.

I think, personally for me I always work on the next goal and wanna figure out how to achieve it.

Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.

The achiever is the only individual who is truly alive.

Take your victories, whatever they may be, cherish them, use them, but don't settle for them.

No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.

I think I can achieve more outside the political arena.

For so long I wanted to win the gold medal. Then I won. I had to figure out what was the new motivation to take myself to that place again.

Even though I am extremely blessed to have accomplished many of my goals at such a young age, I am still reaching, still striving.

If ambition is the desire to be the best at what you do, then I'm guilty.

I'm motivated by very small successes.

I think you should always aim for more.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

It's exciting setting goals and moving forward with them.

I don't feel like I've nearly got to the place where I'm ready to even slow down.

I want a big career, a big man, and a big life. You have to think big - that's the only way to get it... I just couldn't stand being anonymous.

A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat but not too much above his last achievement. In this way he steadily raises his level of aspiration.

I think athletically I can be okay with any role, but I'm willing to go over and beyond for my work. My fan base is so strong and loyal, and they wanna see me evolve. I'm where I'm supposed to be and I want to challenge myself with the people that are doing it real big.

Dreams grow if you grow.