Get Ahead Quotes

• Winning isn't getting ahead of others, it is getting ahead of yourself.

  Roger Staubach

  Success, Winning, Competition

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• It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Attributed in "Forbes", Volume 102, 1968.

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• There is nothing more personal than your values. What you will and won't do to get ahead, the lines you will and won't cross to win, whom you will and won't step on for personal gain, are at the very core of your code of honor. And your code of honor determines your character. And your character is who you are. Behind closed doors. When nobody is watching.

  Patti LaBelle

  Character, Winning, Doors

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• The way to get ahead is to start now.

  William Feather

  Motivational, Way

  William Feather (1949). “The Business of Life”

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• The secret of getting ahead is getting started

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Keep in mind the challenging fact that your aim is not to get ahead of others, but to surpass yourself; to begin today to be the person you want to be.

  Hugh B. Brown

  Discipline, Challenges, Mind

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

  Will Durant

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, New Beginnings

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• For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Life, Inspiring, Workout

  Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012). “Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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• You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Basketball, Football

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• The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will get ahead.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Inspirational, Powerful, Persons

  Norman Vincent Peale (2015). “Have a Great Day: Daily Affirmations for Positive Living”, p.43, Open Road Media

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• Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself.

  Sophia Loren

  Avid, Talent, Mediocre

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We are not endeavoring to get ahead of others, but to surpass ourselves.

  Hugh B. Brown

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• Success depends on getting good at saying no without feeling guilty. You cannot get ahead with your own goals if you are always saying yes to someone else's projects. You can only get ahead with your desired lifestyle if you are focused on the things that will produce that lifestyle.

  Jack Canfield

  Success, Goal, Focus

  FaceBook post by Jack Canfield from Feb 22, 2012

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• As a leader, you will never get ahead until your people are behind you.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, People, Behind You

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• You're never allowed to step on people to get ahead, but you can step over them if they're in your way.

  Star Jones

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• Just put one foot in front of the other.

  Austin Peck

  Running, Perseverance, Hiking

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• 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.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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• Don't be attracted to easy paths because the paths that make your feet bleed are the only way to get ahead in life.

  Saddam Hussein

  Feet, Way, Path

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• If you're always in a hurry, always trying to get ahead of the other guy, or someone else's performance is what motivates you, then that person is in control of you.

  Wayne Dyer

  Motivational, Power, Always Trying

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Mar 24, 2015

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• You can get ahead in the world. But you will have to work, you will have to want tremendously to accomplish something, and then be willing to pay the price. Are you willing?

  Dale Carnegie

  Pay The Price, World, Want

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• What a man needs to get ahead is a powerful enemy.

  Wendell Willkie

  Powerful, Men, Enemy

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• Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "P.S. I Love You: When Mom Wrote, She Always Saved the Best for Last". Book by H. Jackson Brown, Jr., March 1, 1991.

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• Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Mark Twain, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (2009). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.354, Courier Corporation

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