Arthur Helps Quotes

I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying.

It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win.

My game is hard work and pride. On the all hard-work team, I'd pick myself five times.

I think I'm starting to be able to stand a little taller. I feel like I paid my dues and I feel like I deserve to be where I am. I feel like I've worked really hard.

For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself.

My parents said to us, practically on a daily basis, that we were as good as anyone else on this earth, and that we would simply have to work harder in order to show that.

I didn't feel I had to prove anything more.

I'm stupidly proud of myself.

Honor is a gift a man gives himself. You can be as good as anyone that ever lived. If you can read, you can learn everything that anyone ever learned. But you've got to want it.

I work as hard as anybody will ever work and I like that. That's why I've been successful and that is when I feel good about myself. If I do my damnedest and don't succeed, I feel good about the effort.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

The most important thing, in anything you do, is always trying your hardest, because even if you try your hardest and it's not as good as you'd hoped, you still have that sense of not letting yourself down.

I won the crown for what I am - I'm certainly not going to let go of that!

I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.

Earn the right to be proud and confident.

If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.

I have learned that you need to have patience, perseverance, and faith in people to reach your goals.

I think if you want to prove something to yourself and not fail there's only one choice and that's to work.

There are some key words that I have learned: the first ones are humility and determination; they are fundamental to reach certain levels. I want to continue like this, working hard without ever feeling satisfied.

People can say what they want, but at the end of the day, I'm going to keep working on my game. I always know I have things to work on.

I'm proud of my work and how far I've come, and I'm proud of the way that I did it.

I like who I am. I'm different. I work really hard just to be where I am, and I know I'm not gonna stop doing that.

I have to keep proving myself, and that's what I am willing to do.

You can't give up. If you set yourself a target, you've got to keep on until you achieve it. It's a matter of having pride in yourself.