Sidney Poitier Quotes

Begin to read a book that will help you move toward your dream.

It's always about wanting to one-up myself from the day before. There's never an absolute 100% perfect performance, but going out and striving for that perfect performance is what keeps me going.

Dreams grow if you grow.

I do have my targets in terms of what I need to improve on.

I think, personally for me I always work on the next goal and wanna figure out how to achieve it.

I'm addicted to growth.

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

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.

Without aspirations for a better existence, you're stuck in the mud and going nowhere.

As you reach your goals, set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do.

Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation.

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.

Dream Big. Start small. Act now.

I believe in always having goals, and always setting them high.

Learn all you can. Growth comes from setting your goals high and reaching for the stars.

I am always motivated. I am ambitious and I want to always improve.

I always said I wanted to be the best at what I could do. I feel like I can improve.

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.

Feeling lost? Take a dream and convert it into small goals, then start taking the steps to hit those goals.

Set stretch goals. Don't ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don't sell yourself short by thinking that you'll fail.

A successful individual typically sets his next goal somewhat, but not too much, above his last achievement.

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.

It's never too late, for with a purpose, a worthy goal and a motivation to reach those upper layers on the pyramid, a person can travel further in a few years than he might otherwise travel in a lifetime.

I always have on my mind the thought that next year I must do something greater, something more wonderful.