Good Enough Quotes - Page 27

• I relate to the feeling that Da Vinci was often plagued by the idea that what he did wasn't good enough, that he was his harshest critic. He'd sometimes destroy what he was working on.

  David S. Goyer

  Ideas, Feelings, Sometimes

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• Many people live habitually as if the present moment were an obstacle that they need to overcome in order to get to the next moment, and imagine living your whole live like that. Always, this moment is not quite good enough because you need to get to the next one.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Order, People, Overcoming

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• If you aren’t
  really careful, 'The Good Enough' can become the enemy of 'The Best.'

  Dave Ramsey

  Enemy, Careful, Ifs

  Dave Ramsey (2009). “The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness”, p.183, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• A movie doesn't have to do everything. A movie just has to do a couple of things. If it does those things well and gives you a cool night at the movies, an emotion, that's good enough.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Couple, Night, Giving

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• You made me insecure, Told me I wasn't good enough.

  Selena Gomez

  Insecure, Insecurity, Made

  Song: Who Says Rox, Album: For You, 2014

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• I could Google image search 'the sky' and I would probably see beautiful images to knock my socks off. But I can't Google, you know, 'What does my friend look like today?' For you to be able to take a picture of yourself that you feel good enough about to share with the world - I think that's a great thing.

  Ezra Koenig

  Beautiful, Thinking, Sky

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• If people stop being interested it's because you haven't written a good enough album. Music will always be the most powerful thing. It doesn't matter what record labels or journalists say. It's the song.

  Tom Odell

  Song, Powerful, People

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• Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

  Lana Del Rey

  Simple, Careers, Musician

  "Ice Breaker: Lana Del Rey". Interview with Sean Fennessey, www.gq.com. October 6, 2011.

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• Sometimes while you wait for what you think is better, Philomene said, what is good enough slips away.

  Lalita Tademy

  Life, Thinking, Waiting

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• I explained we lost the porch to the flood. Father hasn't gotten around to rebuilding it, although he's quite a good carpenter. He says if Jesus was a carpenter, its good enough for a clergyman. But I don't remember that Jesus let his house fall down.

  Franny Billingsley

  Jesus, Father, Fall

  Franny Billingsley (2011). “Chime”, p.20, Penguin

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• So I grew up feeling that I wasn't good enough, and that no-one would love me unless I was perfect. But no-one's perfect, we're not meant to be perfect. We're meant to be complete. But it's hard to be complete if you're trying to be perfect, so you kind of become disembodied. And I spent a lot of my life that way.""And if you don't own your strength... Women like me tend to always look over their shoulder to see who... "Who's the leader? Who's the smart one?" Never thinking it might be ME. Took a long time for me to get over that.

  Jane Fonda

  Inspiring, Smart, Thinking

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• We’re taught at an early age that we’re not good enough. That someone else has to choose us in order for us to be…what? Blessed? Rich? Certified? Legitimized? Educated? Partnership material?

  James Altucher

  Blessed, Order, Not Good Enough

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• It is not good enough to get your horse to do what you want. It is far better to cause your horse to want to do it.

  Monty Roberts

  Horse, Not Good Enough, Want

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• Don't ever think that somebody isn't important or not good enough, because you never know which way the road will take you.

  Chris Brogan

  Thinking, Not Good Enough, Important

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• Confidence sells -- people believe in those who believe in themselves. No one wants to be stuck in a room with other people who feel like they don't deserve to be there. Stop wondering if you're good enough. Know you are, and start acting like it.

  Simon Black

  Believe, People, Acting

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• I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that time because it's quiet.

  Alex O'Loughlin

  Writing, Not Good Enough, Levels

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• And I don't like people who eat powdered doughnuts. I don't car how careful you are, they're just plain messy. I can't believe they taste good enough to justify getting that sugar all over everything, especially me.

  Erin McKean

  Believe, People, Car

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• Along the way there's going to be a lot of obstacles, a lot of adversity, a lot of people who will tell you you're not good enough. I'm here to tell you that you are. Everyone that tells you that you're not is because they didn't accomplish something.

  Tim Tebow

  Adversity, People, Not Good Enough

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• I'm really hard on myself as well, nothing is good enough for me in training. I always want more, I always want to give 100%. I use my training like a competition. I imagine these two girls next to me every time single time I'm going over those hurdles in training.

  Sally Pearson

  Motivational, Girl, Workout

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• Above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don’t have a price tag.

  Bear Grylls

  Pride, Mirrors, Price Tag

  Bear Grylls (2011). “Mud, Sweat and Tears”, p.232, Random House

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• The problem with doing commercials is that the only thing good enough for me to sell is myself, and I stopped doing that once I kicked my coke habit.

  Zach Braff

  Coke, Problem, Habit

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• The more I heard that I couldn't make it, the more I was determined to do it. I never liked being told that I'm not good enough to do this or that.

  Archie Griffin

  Not Good Enough, Determined, Heard

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• If that was good enough for George Washington, it's good enough for me.

  Ted Yoho

  Enough, Ifs

  "Ted Yoho: Upset winner isn't horsing around". Interview with Kate Nocera, www.politico.com. August 26, 2012.

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• When I look around I think this, this is good enough; And I laugh at whatever life brings because when I look down, I just miss all the good stuff and when I look up, I just trip over things.

  Ani DiFranco

  Thinking, Laughing, Missing

  Ani DiFranco (2011). “Ani DiFranco: Verses”, p.24, Seven Stories Press

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• Either I'm alive or I'm dying, she said to Daniel. Please don't feel you can't tell me. Which is it?
  Which does it feel like? said Daniel. He patted her hand. You're not dead yet. You're a lot more alive than many people.
  This isn't good enough for Rennie. She wants something definite, the real truth, one way or the other. Then she will know what she should do next. It's this suspension, hanging in a void, this half-life she can't bear. She can't bear not knowing. She doesn't want to know.

  Margaret Atwood

  Life, Truth, Real

  Margaret Atwood (2012). “Bodily Harm”, p.56, Simon and Schuster

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