Claire Denis Quotes

It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.

I'm highly critical of myself. There's not something someone else might say that makes me feel I need to be motivated in a different way. I'm a self-motivated guy.

You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.

All I have to do is what's right for me.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

I focus on myself, and I train for myself.

I'm self-motivated. I'm motivated for myself to be the best I can be - for me to do that, I have to have my own motivation, my own positive energy.

I do believe in self-help.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself.

The only one who can beat me is me.

The only real influence I've ever had was myself.

Understanding motivation is one of the most important things we can do in our lives, because it has such a bearing on why we do the things we do and whether we enjoy them or not.

For me, self-esteem-building and confidence-building is the foundation for anything that we do, whether you want to be a writer, a painter, or a entrepreneur.

To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream, a Purpose, a Principle. You will become what your vision is.

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying.

I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.

I think I have a good head on my shoulders.

You can't command people to do their best; they can only command that of themselves.

I've never really been aware of what is said about me, whether it's positive or negative. I ignore it. I've always had the mind-set: 'No one can challenge me better than myself.'

The important thing to me is that I'm not driven by people's praise and I'm not slowed down by people's criticism. I'm just trying to work at the highest level I can.

I didn't do this for other people; I did this for me. I fought for this right for me - does that sound selfish?

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.