Chin-Ning Chu Quotes

I am turning into the person I knew I would.

You should aspire to a level of personal excellence - to be the best you can be. You should aspire to have the richest life you can get in terms of fulfillment, happiness and peace.

Every man who can be a first-rate something -- as every man can be who is a man at all -- has no right to be a fifth-rate something; for a fifth-rate something is not better than a first-rate nothing.

I still want what I've always wanted ... to be the best person I can be.

Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection.

Whatever you are made of, be the best of that.

A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.

All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

I think that's one of the things that's missing in a lot of people's lives. That's finding out what works for you and doing that.

I'm never content. I'm always searching, looking for things to better myself.

You were born not to be just fine

The best investment you can make is in yourself.

We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.

I always feel like I'm very far from my potential.

What counts is knowing who you want to be and asking for it.

Life is an aspiration. Its mission is to strive after perfection, which is self-realization. The ideal must not be lowered because of our weaknesses or imperfections.

Responsibility to yourself means that you don't fall for shallow and easy solutions-it means that you refuse to sell your talents and aspirations short.

Look what you can become in pursuit of what you want, and look out for what you become in the pursuit of what you want--don't compromise!

Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.

Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.

If you have nothing to do, look at yourself and see if there isn't something close at hand that you can improve. It may make you wealthy, although it is more likely it will make you happy.

Success is about having. Excellence is about Being!