Ry Cooder Quotes

Basically, I try to look at everything I do as a stretch.

You have to go to your limit to progress.

If you're not out there taking some risks, if you're just coasting along with your wins, then you're not really trying.

You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you.

Never stop taking risks. Just keep reaching.

And to learn, you have to be willing to push yourself.

I think the folks who go after grand challenges are impatient.

Being comfortable isn't the way to learn to expand your abilities.

Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can.

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.

You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.

Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough.

This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Refuse to be average. Let your heart soar as high as it will.

Set high standards and few limitations for yourself.

I have always strived to do something different, to push myself.

That's what Google taught me. Aim higher. Udacity is my playground - to radically experiment and find out. I've seen the light.

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Expect more than others think possible.

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.

You need to keep on doing things you have never done before in your career. You have to have a go.

If you succeed at most of your activities, your goals are set much too low.

If you don't feel you're reaching something new, then don't do it.

We have to always set an aspiration for ourselves and then strive to get there.

You need to live a little bit outside your comfort zone because you can be even more than you dream of.