Nancy Astor Quotes

I'm a gay disabled man who has become very successful. I don't get up in the morning and think I'm inspirational; I just get up thinking that I love horses.

It is better to be lonely than allow people who are not going anywhere keep you from your destiny.

Success takes the courage to know who you really are and be comfortable with that.

He who follows another will never overtake him

I will not be an ordinary man, because I have a right to be extraordinary.

Don't borrow someone else's plan. Develop your own philosophy and it will lead you to unique places.

All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You've got to find it on your own terms.

Every person is different and has a different contribution to make. No one is destined to fail.

You might not have a car or a big gold chain, stay true to yourself and things will change

The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame.

Anyone can achieve their fullest potential, who we are might be predetermined, but the path we follow is always of our own choosing. We should never allow our fears or the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny. Your destiny can't be changed but, it can be challenged. Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.

Each person is the universe from a particular perspective.

The neccessity for making a living keeps our minds so bound down to the details of professional success that we sometimes forget there is anything except professional success to live for. The necessity of conforming our habits and standards to the habits and standards of those about us, in order that we may do efficient work, makes us forget that there is a point where conformity ceases to be a virtue.

There will always be somebody more successful, more beautiful, more talented. You have to realize, you're not running their race. You're running your race.

I always feel uncomfortable when people speak about ordinary mortals because I've never met an ordinary man, woman or child.

Pay any price to stay in the presence of extraordinary people.

Wisdom is what separates average people from extraordinary people.

Whatever you do, be different - that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can't think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you're different, you will stand out.

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.

It is a good idea to be ambitious, to have goals, to want to be good at what you do, but it is a terrible mistake to let drive and ambition get in the way of treating people with kindness and decency. The point is not that they will then be nice to you. It is that you will feel better about yourself.

When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.

One of the secrets to success is ideas mixed with inspiration

Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.

Knowledge is power. The more knowledge, expertise, and connections you have, the easier it is for you to make a profit at the game of your choice.