Top 1200 Personal Best Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

Before the fight I don't like to talk a lot of crap about my opponents, it's nothing personal, when it comes to interviews or anything like that. But once I get in there, I make it personal. This is my livelihood, my life is either going to go up or go down depending on what happens right here, so it's really personal. I make that guy my enemy.

Alpacas are much more biddable creatures. Llamas are horrible. As a species, it's probably for the best that they're wary of us. But on a personal level, I find it very hard to come to terms with.

Being an entrepreneur does require a lot of sacrifice of your personal time and personal hobbies and things that you enjoy. At least for the period of high growth that you experience at the beginning of a company's life cycle, you have to be ready to make a lot of time sacrifices and personal sacrifice.

Work is personal in the same way that finding a friend or partner is personal.

America has the best doctors, the best nurses, the best hospitals, the best medical technology, the best medical breakthrough medicines in the world. There is absolutely no reason we should not have in this country the best health care in the world.

Running and meditation are very personal activities. Therefore they are lonely. This loneliness is one of their best qualities because it strengthens our incentive to motivate ourselves.

I don't separate things out between what's personal and what's my work. My passion is personal.

This one's like that because it's about these things that I think weigh heavily on me in terms of my own failings and the things that I worry about and my personal demons. Is the sum of my personal demons greater than the things that I like about myself? Is this moment - because it's a particulary high tension, scary moment for all of us in terms of the global climate - going to bring out the best or the worst in us?

My mum was a peacemaker, and in personal things I tend to do that, because I can't deal with personal conflict. I find that horrible.

The best music happens when you have a personal connection to it. That same philosophy can extend to the instrument you hold in your hands: if a guitar means something special, you're bound to do great things with it.

My collections are a reflection of my personal style and interests. All the textiles, fabrics and patterns are of my personal choice.

If I try to do something, I try to do the best, and I'm a grown man and I have my vision of life and my personal ambitions.

I saw that my best work was my most personal work, which is odd, because my fiction is very far afield and has nothing to do with my life.

Every time we push personal development aside, we invite personal struggle into our lives.

Our society is obsessed with personal rights, but it will survive only if we adopt personal obligations.

Early on I decided that I was going to lie to the press. The best approach to talking about my personal life was to lie.

For me, it is a deep personal tragedy. I know that the world shares the sorrow that Mrs. Kennedy and her family bear. I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help - and God's.

Your best shot at happiness, self-worth and personal satisfaction - the things that constitute real success - is not in earning as much as you can but in performing as well as you can something that you consider worthwhile.

With things in my personal life, if I talk about it, it doesn't stay personal.

Donald Trump's connection is personal. It's rooted in personal desire, personal loyalty for him to succeed. Barack Obama doesn't have that. Never did. But don't try to tell Obama that. Obama believes that he has the exact kind of connection with voters that Trump has.

To me, writing is a personal thing; I write super-personal, autobiographically.

Doing less is not being lazy. Don't give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity.

Being your best can only enhance your personal performance.

I think that the best way you can get honesty across in your music to connect and relate to people is to be motivated by personal emotions, stories and feelings.

You don't have to be the best guitar player, or have the best voice, or even be the best looking person - writing a song that moves people is worth more than all the other nonsense. (Just look at Bob Dylan - he's got almost no vocal range at all, but his songs are deeply moving and iconic.) If I had to offer one piece of advice: Write a song that moves people, and write it from within yourself. Your personal narrative is more engaging and moving than anything else you can imagine in your mind.

My best advice for someone considering adopting a pet is to take the time to really consider your lifestyle, home environment and personal preferences.

I don't make personal abuse against anybody, I don't mind personal remarks.

You have to give the Ballon d'Or to the best player in the world at that time. Any differences between what the players are like as individuals should not affect who is chosen for a personal award.

It's crazy because it's a British record and a personal best, but I wanted that 2 m. I cleared the 1.97 m. first attempt with space, so I think I could have done a little better.

In sport, you only see the fighter, but it's teamwork. Without a good team, you will never be the best. In boxing, you have to work with the best coach, the best lawyer, the best manager, the best doctor. Exactly the same principle applies in politics.

Some people seek meaning in life through personal gain, through personal relationship, or through personal experiences. However, it seems to me that being blessed with the intellect to divine the ultimate secrets of nature gives meaning enough to life.

I think that talking about the personal specificity, personal details, is how you get the big, big audiences - by talking about your relationships or your personal tragedies. If you reach out with that energy, you'll touch people.

I do my best to make music spontaneously. It's very personal in a way. It's really a direct connection between me and anyone who's watching. I don't want to be in my own bubble. I'm reaching out.

I'm a fiercely private person in general, and like to keep my personal life personal.

The more you talk about your personal life, the more people are going to judge you so it's best to keep a low-profile.

I don't differentiate between personal and professional work. Everything I do is personal.

We are not saved by nations or by churches or by families, but as individuals, through a personal interest in a personal Saviour.

[Personal] industry must be faint and languid, which is not excited by the sense of personal interest.

I think you have to have a personal connection, and that's what I am always looking to try to create: a personal way in to a story.

Success is a personal matter - only you as an individual can tell if you did everything within your power to give your best effort

I believe that all fiction is personal and all writing is at some level personal.

What we need is not so much personal development, as personal replacement: What we need is not so much personal development, but personal substitution.

It's probably a combination of personal and non-personal matters that have led us to where we are musically.

When you have a celebrity who is willing to shine his personal spotlight on the non-profit and can also speak articulately about the mission, that's really the best of both worlds.

What is the best way to go beyond self-interest and obsession with personal demands, needs and disappointments? The answer is: Whatever you do, may it benefit everyone.

Listing your personal milestones is like storing a pocketful of sunshine for a rainy day. Sometimes our best is simply not enough.... We have to do what is required.

There is a deeper life. It is as deep as a personal Gethsemane and as costly as a personal Calvary.

Writing is a intensely personal activity. I can pen down my best thoughts when I'm alone. But when one is elevated into the stature of an author, you have to think about your books in terms of their business angle.

As regards personal relationships I cannot say that I had any particularly personal intercourse with anyone.

The unpopularity of raising corporate or personal income tax has been a straight jacket constraining Labour's thinking on how best to invest and grow the economy.

My own personal tweets are very limited. I think I have, like, 68 followers on my personal Twitter.

For some people, makeup is their war paint; that's putting their best foot forward. Others feel better with no makeup. It's so personal - who are we to judge?

All of our lyrics are really personal, and we get a lot of personal letters.

Everything I do is personal. I have never made a movie that didn't have very strong personal resonance.

......so called “composition” becomes a personal thing, to be developed along with technique, as a personal way of seeing.

The fundamentalists are insistent that they know best. It's a dictatorial attitude towards personal morality, which is a modern creation that came about in the 19th century.

An investment in your personal development is the best investment you can make.

Personal finances are like people’s personal health, crucial and tragic to the sufferer but tedious to the listener.

I'm so impatient. I can't even stand waiting for a cab, and I'm always early for everything. In training, it means I want to run my personal best every session - but it takes time.

It's hard for me to write about anything personal because I get way too personal.