Books Quote by Tahereh Mafi

“People are not measured by their accomplishments, but by how many times they screw up trying to achieve them.”

— James McGregor

“…I came to understand that while many of us might default to measuring our lives by summary statistics, such as number of people presided…

— Clayton Christensen

“Excellence is to keep beating your own standards every day. If you don't have a standard for yourself, you have no records to beat;…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Greatness is measured not in your achievements but in the things you have overcome.”

— Kevin Michaels

“The ultimate measure of a person is not her mistakes or accomplishments, but what she does with them.”

— Liza Wiemer

“success is not measured so much by our accomplishments in life but by what we had to overcome in the process.”

— Newberry, Tommy

“The desire for excellence becomes a reality when an individual sets a standard, reach it and surpass it consistently.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Sometimes milestones are not measured by the accomplishments of society, but by those of integrity.”

— Anonymous

“Define success by your terms, not by other people’s standards.”

— Mensah Oteh

“A person is not measured by their accomplishments. Neither are they measured by their ability to accomplish. In fact, it’s not about being measured.…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Nothing great is ever accomplished by following standards.”

— Geoffroy Birtz

If one wants to measure oneself by the facile accruement of awards, then I've done very well.

— Timothy Spall