V. S. Naipaul Quotes

You all have the potential to be what you wanna be.

What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.

No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.

I can't be a savior. But I can be the best I can be.

I don't want to limit myself on what I can achieve.

Every time we choose action over ease or labor over rest, we develop an increasing level of self-worth, self-respect and self-confidence. In the final analysis, it is how we feel about ourselves that provides the greatest reward from any activity. It is not what we get that makes us valuable, it is what we become in the process of doing that brings value into our lives. It is activity that converts human dreams into human reality, and that conversion from idea into actuality gives us a personal value that can come from no other source.

I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth.

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause.

I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more.

I don't see myself beneath Beyonce and Jay Z; I don't see myself above them. I'm in my own world, hungry to grow.

The most important thing is to have opportunities and feel confidence in yourself.

You should try to get what you want in life and try not to be limited.

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.

I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.

I could live a normal life. My motivation is only to take on new challenges.

I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.

I just want to continue the way I am going.

Well, I like empowering my clients.

I'm just not willing to give up on myself. If I'm going to fail, then I want to fail to the limits of my talent.

If you really have your own identity you'll keep on doing what you think is really right for you, and you'll also understand the next step you want to take.

I understand about the relative strengths of people, and I don't think people have to be anything. They can be nothin' if they want to be.

Your sole contribution to the sum of things is yourself.

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be.

My parents gave me stability and a belief in myself and in all the possibilities life has to offer. I was told the only limitations I would ever face were those I placed upon myself.