Achieving Potential Quotes

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

To become what we are capable of becoming is the only end in life.

If we surround ourselves with people who are successful, who are forward-moving, who are positive, who are focused on producing results, who support us, it will challenge us to be more and do more and share more. If you can surround yourself with people who will never let you settle for less than you can be, you have the greatest gift that anyone can hope for.

The only thing standing between me and greatness is me.

Don't be a damned ammunition wagon. Be a rifle!

You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are.

One central need in life is to fulfill its own potential.

Complacency is the last hurdle standing between any team and its potential greatness.

You know you can do more, but everyone expects you to quit.

I always feel like I'm very far from my potential.

When I go out and race, I'm not trying to beat opponents, I'm trying to beat what I have done ... to beat myself, basically. People find that hard to believe because we've had such a bias to always strive to win things. If you win something and you haven't put everything into it, you haven't actually achieved anything at all. When you've had to work hard for something and you've got the best you can out of yourself on that given day, that's where you get satisfaction from.

I should have had more faith in my talent. I think I would have gotten to achieve more, earlier, had I believed in myself. But I let other people take credit for my work.

You can always become the person you would have liked to be.

It's perseverance that's the key. It's persevering for long enough to achieve your potential.

In order to do more. I've got to be more.

As we look into the future, it's as far as we can see. So let's make each tomorrow be the best that it can be.

We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn't get stuck there. We can keep future goals in mind, but we shouldn't get stuck there, either. The only way to reach our potential is to focus on what we must do now - this moment, this day - to perform effectively and win.

A man must constantly exceed his level

Its not about the goal. Its about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.

I believe you can train yourself to become a positive thinker, but you must cultivate a desire to develop the skill of setting personal worthy and realistic goals. I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don’t set goals in our life and learn how to master the technique of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full potential. When you learn to master the principle of setting a goal, you will then be able to make a great difference in the results you attain in this life.

Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.

You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough

Rise up and become the person you were meant to be.

We can all choose to become our potential, not just talk about it or dream about it. But daily, make a shift whereby we begin living and being our potential. With each day, that potential can expand because we are open to learning something every day.

It was such a turning point to find that I had a talent and I had something to contribute, somewhere.