George Saunders Quotes

Dream big, my friend, and never give up. We all make mistakes, but none of us are mistakes. Take one day at a time. Embrace the positive attitudes, perspectives, principles and truths I share, and you, too, will overcome.

I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it.

I'm always moving forward.

If there is one thing I have learned on this incredible journey we call life, it is this: the sign of a truly successful individual is humility.

If it awakens in us as a whole how important that is - the theme of how conquest and ambition are meaningless without contribution - I think then as a society we're in better shape. I hope people are inspired to be the best.

Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.

All I know is what I have been given and what opportunities lie before me. Try to make the best of them, and I'm not going to give up until I make it to the top.

I'm somebody who tries to remain positive and looks forward to setting goals and reaching them. But that's easier said than done.

Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light...

It doesn't matter how far you might rise. At some point you are bound to stumble because if you’re constantly doing what we do, raising the bar. If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages not to mention the Myth of Icarus predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.

Dreams do come true, but not without the help of others, a good education, a strong work ethic, and the courage to lean in.

A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars.

Success is the best revenge for anything. Keep ya head down and work hard to achieve.

I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.

I don't know if I was ever looking for this kind of success- it came along as a by-product of concentrating on what I was doing.

I don't care whether I succeed or whether I fail as long as I am trying. I hope that I succeed.

The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best

Thou didst thy best, that is success.

Stay hungry, remain humble and get better today.

Always aim for achievement, and forget about success.

Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got.

You only have to believe that you can succeed, that you can be whatever your heart desires, be willing to work for it, and you can have it.

Believe in yourselves. Dream. Try. Do good.

Give your best to the challenges. And what you get will be even better.