Doing Your Best Quotes

I would just say try it and see if you like it. See how it makes you feel and remember that it's not about being perfect, it's about just doing your best. I think it would have tremendous benefits for everyone.

I get a bit nervous because I just want the show to go well. I think you always have to be a little bit nervous, or else you're a little checked-out, and that's maybe the time when you're not doing your best stuff, because you're kind of just checked-out and falling back on stuff.

Still this planet's soil for noble deeds grants scope abounding.

Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. You'll be afraid you can't achieve it. It's your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best.

Still doing your best to ruin the horses, I see.

A leader knows what's best to do; a manager knows merely how best to do it.

Do your duty that is best; leave unto the Lord the rest.

If you try to do your best there is no failure.

Never confuse looking your best with doing your best.

Excellence is a choice, and you must make that choice over and over again until "doing your best" is all you know.

There is nothing more perfect than doing your best.

Write what you care about. If you do that, you stand the best chance of doing your best writing.

Sometimes things go wrong, even when you're doing your best. That just shows that none of us are perfect. So I keep trying with all of my heart, and if that's not good enough, I'm not going to hang my head.

The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.

I don't think you can ever do your best. Doing your best is a process of trying to do your best.

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

What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream.

Never settle for anything less than your best.

Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise.

Doing your best means never stop trying.

We become what we do.

Don't waste your time striving for perfection; instead, strive for excellence - doing your best.

It is a matter of spirit, not strength. It is a matter of doing your best each little moment. There's never a break. You must have desire, a very intense desire to keep going.

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.

Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.

Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.

When I am wrong, I will learn the lesson and move on to face other challenges. For me, that's what creating your own life is. Doing your best work while being your best self.

My best advice to actors is if you love acting, do it every chance you get. Success does not mean success. All that matters is whether or not you're doing your best to entertain. The way this business works is all about luck and timing.

I think that's quite a good message, it's not about being the best, it's about doing your best.

There are two aspects to making movies: One is the feeling of wanting to push myself into stuff that I don't know how to do. Then there's the other impulse to try and earn a living. I want to be careful about not confusing those too much - not that those things can't have a healthy overlap. Plenty of people start out making work that isn't terribly commercial, and then make work that's more commercial but still good. You just want to watch out for that thing where you tell yourself that you're doing your best work when you're not.

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

God is life. God is life in action. The best way to say, "I love you, God," is to live your life doing your best. The best way to say, "Thank you, God," is by letting go of the past and living in the present moment, right here and now. Whatever life takes away from you, let it go. When you surrender and let go of the past, you allow yourself to be fully alive in the moment. Letting go of the past means you can enjoy the dream that is happening right now.

Doing your best is more important than being the best.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

The secret to success is doing the best that you can do. Forget about whether you might win or lose. By working hard and practicing the skills that you need to perform, the results will take care of themselves. Being successful is about doing your best.

The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

When you're playing something, hopefully, if you're doing your best, you're advocating for your character and you're not trying to think too much.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

Advancement only come with habitually doing more than you are asked

Zen is just a lifestyle, your everyday life. It is doing your best at your job, relationships, health, hobbies, and other daily activities!

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act,  but a habit.

Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.