"The main thing is to be honest with……" — Stirling Moss
"The main thing is to be honest with yourself, know and recognize your limits and attain maximum achievement within them. I would for example get more satisfaction from climbing Snowdon, which I know I could, than from attempting Everest, which I couldn't."
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19 Quotes by Stirling Moss
Stirling Moss has 19 quotes on this site.
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Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls.
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To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster.
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There are two things no man will admit he cannot do well: drive and make love.
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I was taught that everything is attainable if you are prepared to give up, to sacrifice, to get it. Whatever…
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We've got some very strong and robust ladies, but, when your life is at risk, I think the strain of…
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Quite frankly, Kimi Raikkonen is the fastest driver in the world
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If God had meant for us to walk, why did he give us feet that fit car pedals?
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You get to the stage when your almost looking down on yourself. When you get into that state, it’s the…
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The best classroom of all times was about two car lengths behind Juan Manuel Fangio.
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The ideal racecar will expire 100 yards past the finish line.
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I was taught that everything is attainable if you are prepared to give up, to sacrifice, to get it. Whatever…
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Motion is tranquility.
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More Achievement Quotes
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one of 2,338 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go…
— Neil Armstrong
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Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.
— Marcus Aurelius
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If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.
— Irving Babbitt
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All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of…
— Christian Bale
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Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how…
— Albert Bandura
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Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend…
— Ethel Barrymore
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
— Samuel Adams
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It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the success of a voyage.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
— Saul Bellow
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You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The proud depend upon the world to tell them whether they have value or not. Their self-esteem is determined by…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.
— Irving Berlin
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