Get Ahead Quotes

124 Get Ahead quotes by 110 unique authors

Ambition! We must be careful what we mean by it. If it means the desire to get ahead of other people - which is what… — C.S. Lewis
Men and women are like two feet; they can help each other get ahead. — Helen Fisher
Since when do we in America believe that our society is made up of two diametrically opposed classes - one rich, one poor - both… — Ronald Reagan
..we are trained as children to get good grades, get a good job, get a good spouse, get children, get ahead. In all this getting… — Peter McWilliams
Because of our belief in being separate, we fall into all kinds of harmful actions and deeds that create more problems for us. Competitiveness is… — Dennis Merzel
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… — Hugh B. Brown
The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind. — Eric Hoffer
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… — Patti LaBelle
The doctor learns that if he gets ahead of the superstitions of his patients he is a ruined man; and the result is that he… — George Bernard Shaw
The secret of writing comedy is to know where it's all going, then get ahead of it. — Robert Orben
I think it's like, you know, you can't get ahead of yourself, because no amount of success or exposure or opportunity is going to really… — Zachary Quinto
And, of course, you have the commercials where savvy businesspeople get ahead by using their MacIntosh computers to create the ultimate American business product: a… — Dave Barry
Most people come out of their Ph.D. experience trying to prove themselves, trying to get ahead, trying to get published. You're scared everybody else is… — Bernice Johnson Reagon
You won't get ahead until you get off your behind. — Orrin Woodward
In order to have middle-income, middle-paying jobs, the kinds of jobs that allow people to get ahead, you have to have higher level of training… — Marco Rubio
Impatience makes us get ahead of ourselves, reaching out for something in the future and not really being content with where we are, here and… — David Steindl-Rast
With stagnant hourly wages, the only way for working families to get ahead is by working more hours, ... certainly not the path to improving… — Jared Bernstein
Sometimes you start a little further back from the starting line. And you're going to have to work a little bit harder, and push it… — Nick Newell
There are only two real ways to get ahead today - sell liquor or drink it. — W.C. Fields
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste. — Henry Ford
You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him. — Lou Holtz
People think that women don't negotiate because they're not good negotiators, but that's not it. Women don't negotiate because it doesn't work as well for… — Sheryl Sandberg
You have to be very, very good looking to get ahead in motion pictures. — Elaine Stritch
I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and not with a… — Danny Strong
It may be that the very qualities that help people get ahead are the ones that make them ill-suited for managing crises. It's hard to… — James Surowiecki

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