W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

The greatest business people I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost.

The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.

Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

I push for what I think can be the best, and if I feel they're not going for the best, it kills me.

I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.

Winning is fun... Sure. But winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never being satisfied with what you've done is the point.

I want the best. I've always fought the best.

Do it right or don't do it at all. That comes from my mom. If there's something I want to do, I'm one of those people that won't be satisfied until I get it done. If I'm trying to sing something and I can't get it, I'm going to keep at it until I get where I want it.

I would say that when you have a big dream or you're trying to solve a big problem, there will always be people who tell you that you can't. Here's my advice: don't listen.

Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not long remain so if you but perceive an Ideal and strive to reach it.

To get hwat you want out of life, all you really need to do is be honest about it, don't be afraid to go for it, and have fun while you do it -- and you'll eventually get it.

I will not fail,' the water bearer's daughter vowed. 'But worse than failing is not to try at all. For then there can be no hope of success.

Never give up on your dreams.

Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light...

If you expect greatness, greatness shouldn't surprise you.

If I put my mind to something and really want it, I'll go after it and get it.

I don't expect success. I prepare for it.

You aim for what you want and if you don't get it, you don't get it, but if you don't aim, you don't get anything.

If you choose to do something, do it with your utmost. And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet.

It takes a lot of hard work to achieve your dreams, but nothing in life is easy. If it's something you really want, go after it!

The secret of making dreams come true can be summarized in four C's.They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy; and the greatest of these is Confidence.

Work hard, believe in your dreams, follow your dreams, don't give up, don't let failures hold you back. Those things were preached to me. They've taken a firm rooting system in my beliefs and what I'm passing on to my kids.

You're only as much as you settle for. If they settle for being somebody's dishwasher that's their own f***ing problem. If you don't settle for that and you keep fighting it, you know, you'll end up anything you want to be.

Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail.