Mae Jemison Quotes

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.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself.

One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one's ability. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement.

Play hard, learn as much as I can and do what I do best. The rest will take care of itself I think.

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.

To aim at the best and to remain essentially ourselves is one and the same thing.

I just try to live my life and do my thing.

Obviously my knowledge of the game has improved but I've tried to keep true to what I believe in.

I don't really compare myself to anyone. Growing up, sure you have your favorite players or guys you try to emulate, but I'm just trying to be the best me I can be.

I stopped worrying about how other people define me a little bit ago. I used to care a lot. Now I just don't care that much. Really, what I'm worried about is, am I being the best me I can be?

I can be a better me than anyone can.

Let no one be like another, yet everyone like the highest. How is this done? Be each one perfect in himself.

Be the most wonderful expression of you that you're capable of.

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

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job. If you work hard on your job, you can make a living. If you work hard on yourself, you can make a fortune... Income seldom exceeds personal development.

If God simply handed us everything we want, He'd be taking from us our greatest prize - the job of accomplishment

Making the absolute best of ourselves is not an easy task. It is a pleasurable pursuit...but it requires patience, persistence, and perseverance.

Don't worry about being cool. Worry about being the best

I think what I have done is claimed the space and pushed it forward as much as I can in relationship to who I am and how I live my life.

Develop that individuality by working as hard as you can at what you love.

Let us not try to be the best or worst of others, but let us make the effort to be the best of ourselves.

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

You should embrace who you are, and make the best person that you can be, not what somebody else wants you to be.

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!

I always wanted to be the best I could be at whatever I did. I didn't want to be the number one golfer in the world. I just wanted to be as good as I could be.