Bette Midler Quotes

The key to my motivation has always been to look at how far I had still to go rather than how far I had come.

On a scale of one to 10, I feel I'm at a nine because there's definitely room for improvement. I know I could go further.

I grew up thinking that whatever I wanted to do, I could do.

The only way to improve is to set yourself harder goals.

There will always be something higher for me to reach for, and as long as there is, I'll keep reaching.

If you listen only to those around you, the chances of your dreams coming true are very small.

Pursuing your dreams involves you accepting where you want to go. Don't allow anybody else to talk you out of things or discourage you from doing whatever you want to do. You can hold on to your dream and never pursue it or you can start pursuing it. If you can see it, or if you can envision it... it can happen.

When you set goals, something inside of you starts saying, "Let's go, let's go," and ceilings start to move up.

You can go as far as your mind lets you.

Believe in your dreams and work hard for them.

I always set myself new goals. I always want to do better than I did in the past. I always want to achieve things I never achieved before.

You progress not through what has been done, but reaching towards what has yet to be done.

I don't sit back and count up what I've done. There's just always something else to do. There's always a challenge ahead.

You have to keep thinking, I can be better.

You have to set big goals for yourself. And you have to put aside all the negativity in your life that tells you that if you came from a certain education or a certain family background that you can't achieve big goals. That's one of the things that America has.

Don’t get depressed about not being where you want to be. This nagging feeling of anxiety is actually called ambition. Ambition is your friend.

Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don't just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won't happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here.

If you don't think that you're the best, how do you become the best?

I think that if you grow up trying to be the best then you have to be competitive because the more you compete, the more someone is there that is a challenge and the more your performance improves.

Let me start with issuing you a challenge: Be better than you are. Set a goal that seems unattainable, and when you reach that goal, set another one even higher.

You have two choices: You can come down from the mountain and spend the rest of your days thinking it was so beautiful there, or you can create a vision, look upward, see the next mountain, and start the climb all over again.

The direction in which we are moving is more important than where we are at the moment. Goal setting should cause us to stretch as we make our way.

I'm very ambitious. I always want more after I get something I've dreamed about, so every day, I have a new target and a new path to follow. That's pretty much my law in life.

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

I think you grow through your experiences; you get better as you grow and I'm not nearly where I think I'm going to be eventually where I inspire to be and hopefully the opportunities will continue to come.