The truth is many of us have been socialized to think that if we are not the very best, if we are not at the top 1 percent of whatever it is we do, then we are not good enough. To reinforce this already pervasive mental model, society has established a competitive hierarchy for just about everything. Elizabeth Thornton Read Quote
Every individual suffers from the fear of failure, but you can change your destiny only when you overcome it. Anupam Kher Read Quote
Although a novel takes place in the larger world, there’s always some drive in it that is entirely personal – even if you don’t know it while you’re doing it. Joan Didion Read Quote
We used to listen to a lot of AC/DC before games to get fired up. ‘TNT,’ ‘Thunderstruck,’ all that stuff. It really gets you pumped. Joe Flacco Read Quote
My family is usually the first guinea pigs to try out my new recipes. James William Middleton Read Quote
Sometimes I want to have a mental book burning that would scour my mind clean of all the filthy visions literature has conjured there. But how to do without ‘The Illiad?’ How to do without ‘Macbeth?’ Geraldine Brooks Read Quote
I had no idea where these kids at a small private college in the San Fernando Valley were coming from, why they were coming to hear me, or what they needed to know. David Antin Read Quote
Life has took me on a journey, and through much of that journey, I didn’t feel whole, connected, and grounded. So as a kid, everyone called me Sue. My daddy called me Susie Q. But through this journey, I’ve sort of risen to a place that I get this level of respect of Ms. Burton. Susan Burton Read Quote
