George Eliot Quotes

We're all self-made, but only successful people admit it.

There were some jobs I wanted that weren't necessarily right for me at the time. The ones I thought I'd never get, I got. As long as I am doing the best work I can possibly do at any given time, I can't do any better than that.

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

Well, any effort to maximize your potential and ability is a good thing.

We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons.

I love acting and making your own luck. You have to recreate yourself, I guess. Although, I don't know how.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

I find that comforting and an equally purposeful way to think, that there's lots of ways to flex both your strengths and your weaknesses.

Work hard at your job and you can make a living. Work hard on yourself and you can make a fortune.

I think most people can do a whole lot more if they just try.

My teacher says that everything that you want in the world is one step away, you just have to figure out which direction to step in.

Work with the raw material you have, namely you, and never let up.

I think confidence comes from doing something well, working at it hard, and you build it up. It's not something you're born with. You have to build the confidence as you go along.

Study your strengths; then decide how hard you want to work

A lot of can't deal with life because they lack the patience to become who they want to be.... Everything happens by process. If you don't go through the process to get it, you don't have the power to keep it.

Are you disappointed, discouraged and discontented with your present level of success? Are you secretly dissatisfied with your present status? Do you want to become a better and more beautiful person than you are today? Would you like to be able to really learn how to be proud of yourself and still not lose genuine humility? Then start dreaming! It's possible! You can become the person you have always wanted to be!

Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.

I started to repeat to myself "If I'm not where I want to be, it's because I'm not good enough... yet." Which meant it was up to me.

I want to be the best, and the best work. You have to earn what you get, and you have to work to keep it.

First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.

You can be anything you want to be. You can be a street sweeper, if you want. Just be the best blasted street sweeper you can be . . . And, you know you can be mayor.

If you want the best things in life you have to earn them for yourself.

You can make your life whatever you want it to be

I know i can, be what i wanna be, if i work hard at it, I'll be where i wanna be

I don't have a road map and I'm not a goal oriented person in the sense that, you know, I have nothing in front of me that says by June of 2017 I want to have accomplished X. I have an overriding goal, and that is to be successful at whatever I do 'cause I figure if that happens I'll love it and enjoy it, and then that's when opportunity presents itself.