Andre Previn Quotes

I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til December, right?

My enthusiasm seems to cause my world to endlessly offer me cooperative, co-creating experiences. I'm willing and I'm eager, and not just about my writing - I feel the same way about staying in shape, enjoying my family, giving a lecture, or whatever it may be.

You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That's how you know you're still alive.

If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.

Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

I think I'm realising more and more that I've got a job to do and I can't be doing the big nights out and working to my full potential the next day. I feel much better for it.

I've had to learn and discipline myself that I'm much happier and much less depressed if I give myself a project. It's just that simple.

I'm condemned by some inner compulsion to think about the daily rituals of my life. I have a low grade fever for improving myself in many ways, including everyday tasks.

I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.

If you would make the most of yourself, cut away all of your vitality sappers; get rid of everything which hampers you and holds you back, everything which wastes your energy, cuts down your working capital. Get freedom at any cost.

You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.

Personal discipline, when it becomes a way of life in our personal, family, and career lives, will enable us to do some incredible things.

We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.

A series of small but real accomplishments gives people the energy and confidence to continue. For instance, a person who wants to write a novel might resolve to write one sentence each day. Or a person who wants to start running might resolve to run for one minute.

There're so many things I want to do, like become more media savvy. I am too lazy. But I'm making an effort.

Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.

Unless a man undertakes more than he possibly can do, he will never do all he can do.

I can't sit around doing nothing. If I'm not working, I have a habit of becoming rather insular.

I like challenging myself. I'm not a person who likes not to work.

I worry about what I can control, and that's come out and improve every day, enjoy the process, count your blessings, and work extremely hard.

I never really do the New Year's Resolution thing. I kind of just try to stay focused, not get too distracted, and do the best I can. And that's something I like to tell myself every year around New Year's.

I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.

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

As long as your intentions are solid and about growth and progression and being productive and not being idle, then you're doing good in my book.