Russell Baker Quotes

Driving by my ambitions, desire higher positions, to see eternally and my mission, to be more than just a rap musician.

Wealth, position, fame, and even elusive happiness will be mine, eventually, if I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those who reach the top are the ones who are not content with.

I already have a lot of experience, but the best is yet to come.

I worked extremely hard and dedicated my life to pro wrestling but the more I grow in ways not related to work, my work grows.

My life has always been about making certain I accrue the skills necessary to make my ambitions real.

My career had fallen into an abyss because I was so complacent with things that I had already accomplished. I did not work hard in order to achieve more and to remain at the level of the player that I am and that I can be.

Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .

The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.

Always be eager to learn, no matter how successful you might already be. In the Millionaires' Club, we sometimes invite a billionaire to come talk to us. He says, 'You're doing okay, but come on. How about if you really poured it on!'

You don't have to settle for the status quo, for being good enough, for getting by, for working all night.

There are many things I want, and the only way I will get them is to keep my head down, listen to the right people and work hard

Most People have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional.

I want to be great, something special.

People who don't have goals work for people who do.

Any path you take, if you commit with passion, you can be successful. By going to business school, certain opportunities may open up to you sooner. But it's who you are and how you take advantage of your opportunities that matter.

I've come to embrace the notion that I haven't done enough in my life. I've come to confirm that one's title, even a title like president of the United States, says very little about how well one's life has been led. No matter how much you've done or how successful you've been, there's always more to do, always more to learn, and always more to achieve.

I'm always thinking if I'm not doing something to get ahead in life, someone else is doing it.

You have to continue to learn. That's how you develop. So the people who show that curiosity, that ambition, that willingness to do what it takes to improve and to get better, they're the people who are going to be successful in the long term.

Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

I love to be challenged, and I'm never sitting comfortable in the mediocrity chair.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

My job now is to work hard and learn all I can.

There were some jobs I wanted that weren't necessarily right for me at the time. The ones I thought I'd never get, I got. As long as I am doing the best work I can possibly do at any given time, I can't do any better than that.

I wanted to get out in the world, have a great job, make my mark, and see how far I could go. And I wanted to make good on the philosophy my mother drilled into us with all the subtlety of a Lady Gaga performance. I got it loud and clear. I would need to succeed, and then I could possibly be happy.

There's a lot of guys that just get comfortable with their positions and rest on their laurels. I had to earn my way.