Shiri Appleby Quotes

I do think human beings cannot be faulted for wishing to judge themselves and their lives and their achievements by others around them; that is a natural human feeling.

I know, but I had a better year than Hoover.

Our problem is that we make the mistake of comparing ourselves to other people. You are not inferior or superior to any human being...You do not determine your success by comparing yourself to others, rather you determine your success by comparing your accomplishments to your capabilities. You are 'number one' when you do the best you can with what you have.

People laugh to forget their troubles, and to forget their troubles they like to look at people who aren't doing better than they are.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

I've never been a jealous person, and I've never felt built up by someone else's failure - that's a cheap thrill.

I always tell friends you can't judge your success by someone else's. You can't be afraid to fail.

I am happy with everything I achieved in my football career. I don't think I could have done any more.

If I'm judged against my peers, rather than anyone else we could both think of, then I reckon I deserve to make records.

An Olympic medal won't define my whole life, although it might look like it to onlookers. When I look back, I should have been able to get an Olympic medal.

I was quite happy with the way I went, I think.

I've never been one to look up the ladder. I've always looked down the ladder. As long as there's one guy down there, I'm fine.

I don't feel I have to acknowledge how I'm doing by an award.

To not to have entirely wasted one's life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself.

The thing I believe is we are good if our peers think we're great. But we are great if the real world thinks we're good. And there's a huge difference.

I think I proved what I always believed. That I'm pretty good.

My characters are much more famous than I am, so I don't crave attention; I just crave working and doing good work. Having a feeling of self-worth.

We buy the tabloids to witness someone else's life go wrong, so we can feel a bit better about our own troubles.

I'm just pretty proud of myself.

I have done good roles. I feel good about myself.

I think I've done a lot and I've proven myself.

Success is somebody else's failure.

Even noteworthy performance attainments do not necessarily boost perceived self-efficacy

True success is what you have done compared to what you could have done.

Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.