Quotes About Achievement

I did my best. I guess my best wasn't good enough.

My grades in high school were not very good. I was that kind of perfectionist that figured if you can't do it perfectly, why do it at all?

I invented 'It's a good thing' before you were even born.

It is very good to be Olympic champion, but that is not the strongest field.

Going to school and working for good marks, indeed working for very good marks, was a serious business.

Victory is a good wine; defeat is a good university!

I realized that the only way to get into a good college was to be valedictorian or salutatorian. So that was my goal.

The ability to be successful should be a good thing.

I know that good things will happen for me if I keep working hard.

Many people used to call me a child prodigy, but I never thought that. I knew that I had learned everything, that I had very good circumstances.

I had no idea that it was gonna take off the way it did. I thought we made a good movie.

I'm getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.

Count that day lost whose descending sun finds you with no good deeds done.

I think I may have failed at a lot of things, but the one thing I can say, and that I'm proud of, is that I am a good parent.

I've had good moments scattered since then, times when I thought I was better, but that was the last day I felt triumphant.

Sometimes I would get frustrated, I'd think, "You know, this is a good book, how come no one is paying attention to it?" So it's nice to have some recognition.

I don't think I gave a good enough performance to be nominated for it. I thought I gave a fine performance, but those things are supposed to be about giving an extraordinary performance.

Perseverance brings good luck.

For people to come to you and say, 'Would you like to be a part of our show?' after years of 'Please tell me I'm good enough'... I can't tell you how wonderful it feels.

As The Pioneer Woman has grown and the revenue has grown, the prizes keep getting better, and that certainly feels good.

It's nice to have recognition for doing a good job, but at the end of the day, I'm just an actor and I'm doing my job and I'm always trying to get better at doing that job.

He had always beaten me. It feels good to get a little revenge. I knew I just had to keep pushing, and it just feels great to be on top.

I enjoy nothing more than creating new series and watching them grow in front of me month by month. It's a muscle I spent many years developing and it feels good to be using it again.

Which is better--feeling good or getting good?