Benigno Aquino III Quotes

I feel the pressure of getting something right.

I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.

Writing on assignment, with lots of money handed to you before you even began, got very scary for me. My dread of not being perfect, something I got from a childhood surrounded by powerful, successful people, began to infect everything I wrote.

I stress out a lot. Being a perfectionist doesn't help with that!

I put so much pressure on myself to be perfect. Between homework and sports and drama and being social, I slept about four hours a night through high school and college.

I'm always looking to the next thing. There are always hurdles, whether it's the White House dinner or hosting charity events or that night's show: Until they're over, I worry, then I move right on to the next thing. It's hard for me to enjoy the moment. I'm just thinking about not failing.

I think anytime you put the weight of the world on yourself saying, 'I have to perform,' or, 'I have to get a completion. I have to throw a touchdown,' nine times out of 10, I think you're going to fail.

When you try to do everything perfectly, it gets very tiring.

In middle school and high school, I had straight A's, and I graduated at the top of my year. On the flip side of that, I struggled with very severe performance anxiety.

I feel like people expect a lot from me.

I was valedictorian. Did I enjoy going to school? I hated it. It wasn't a choice on my part, it was expected.

Study the rules so that you won't beat yourself by not knowing something.

I've got this reputation for shooting one take which is a wonderful reputation to have but it's hard to live up to.

The more you know about something, the harder it becomes. You become more and more of a perfectionist. I think it's a curse... It's a form of illness!

We ought to be ten times as hungry for knowledge as for food for the body.

The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no difficulties.'

Anything we need to know, we can learn it from a book. Reading, careful study, a little practice, and we’re throwing knives expertly, overhauling engines, speaking Esperanto like natives.

I'm a nerd; I enjoy educating myself and learning things.

I don't think intimidated is the word. I definitely get excited by it. I don't want to let anybody down. I've always been the type of person to make everybody happy and get things done. I want everything to be 100% perfect. I do feel it when people hold me to high expectations.

Learning isn't a luxury; it's a stewardship issue

If a person will spend one hour a day on the same subject for five years, that person will be an expert on that subject.

Knowing a lot...is a springboard to creativity.

The perfectionist is another name for someone who is getting ready to become mad.

Study! Study ! Study! Get an education.

There's a lot to do. There's a lot to do. More than I even thought.