Fannie Flagg Quotes

All I've got to say is I'm in the top 15, I'm not taking any backwards steps.

If I listened to my critics, I would still be at home under my bed right now.

You make progress; then you get courage to make more.

I'm only going to get better and better. Not going to get worse.

I don't know how much longer that's going to last but I can tell you this much: If I was to listen and pay attention to everyone that criticized me for, some rightly and some wrongly, I'd stay home under the bed. I don't mean under the covers, I mean under the bed. I would never have achieved a single thing.

Build your self-esteem by recalling all the ways you have succeeded, and your brain will be filled with images of you making your achievements happen again and again. Give yourself permission to toot your own horn, and don't wait for anyone to praise you.

I think we're going in the right direction.

Honey, I am the chief of my train. If critics want to hop on board, fantastic. There's plenty of room. The KP train is fun.

My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.

I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.

We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.

A guy once told me that I sound like I'm a little ahead of myself. I can't wait to thank him at the Oscars.

I'm always moving forward.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

To break the mark definitely showed me I'm on the right track.

We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.

I've studied the lives of the 20th century's great businessmen and concluded self-confidence was instrumental in all their success.

I took a little break - I was coming back to work and the last thing I was going to do was take a step backwards, so I knew that if I was going to take a feature it was going to have to be taking a step forward.

When I was in high school, I was voted most likely to succeed.

When you're the best, and you know you're the best, and your contemporaries know you're the best, that's a terrific edge.

I feel like I know where I'm going. And I like where I'm going.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven't done anything today.

Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.

I used to get some ego thing out of saying I wasn't a star, just an actress. Forget it. I'm a star. I wanted it. I worked for it. I got it.