Top 100 Get Ahead Quotes
#1. But feeling down can make you feel up if you're the creative type. The emotional damage may have already been done to you, but stop whining. Use your insanity to get ahead.
John Waters
#2. Like most girls, I constantly have to watch my weight, because if I didn't my curves would get ahead of me.
Amber Heard
#3. It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste
Henry Ford
#4. Americans believe that people should work hard and get ahead on their own, but when disaster strikes and they need help with retirement or disability, Americans as a whole should come to their aid.
Jacob Hacker
#5. We ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man, and when white will embrace what is right.
Joseph Lowery
#6. I'm a big proponent of young women dressing appropriately in the workplace to get ahead. We need to demand respect as women, and part of that involves how we present ourselves.
Rachel Roy
#7. and I particularly loved biographies because they were about people who had to overcome obstacles or prejudices to get ahead. They made me think I could make it when nobody else believed in me, when even I didn't believe in myself.
Yeonmi Park
#8. My mission is to raise incomes for hard working middle class families. If you work hard and do your part you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead.
Bernie Sanders
#9. Good night, everyone- and remember- in this world, if you wanna get ahead, you gotta learn to give a little!
Steven Tyler
#10. If you want to get ahead, leading up is much better than kissing up. - DAN REILAND
John C. Maxwell
#11. We each get one life that is our own. We each in our own way struggle to get ahead, love, grieve, and lose our loved ones to death.
Kyung-Sook Shin
#12. The experience of reading a novel and watching a television show are quite different. You can't let your audience get ahead of you, and you have to keep the energy and the pace and the drama up. They're very different things.
Michelle Fairley
#13. There is certainly a growing body of data that correlates investments in women with a country's general prosperity; a recognition that no country can get ahead if half its people are left behind.
Melanne Verveer
#14. Let's not get ahead of ourselves
There's no need for rain
It's our own parade
Let's not be afraid of our reflections
It's not only you you're looking at now
Jack Johnson
#15. You'll never get ahead by blaming your problems on other people.
Willie Nelson
#16. The question you must answer isn't how to get ahead. It's how to go somewhere that matters. And have fun along the way.
Umair Haque
#17. You always see actors complaining about being typecast and ruining their career. Really, I don't see the point in complaining. If the only role you can play well is a black dude, you're never going to get ahead in this town, and you should just accept it.
Zach Braff
#18. Punish the pushers and shovers by letting them get ahead.
Marty Rubin
#19. Memoirs give the knowledge about the author and his environment. They are different from biography. Memoirs do not get ahead, and the man who writes a biography looks at his future like at a very simple thing.
Arthur Golden
#20. Now everyone leaking and tweeting and posting on everyone else is the acknowledged way to get ahead in the 21st century.
Tina Brown
#21. No country can get ahead when it leaves half of its people behind
Melanne Verveer
#22. You could not buy a house in those days without just assuming that the house was not only a place to live, but it was a good investment, because it was going to keep up with inflation or get ahead of inflation, and it was just - that was America.
Paul A. Volcker
#23. You can never get ahead by trying to get even.
Zig Ziglar
#24. Fact: If you want to get ahead as a Canadian, you're going to have to leave the country. Especially if you have the gall to live in Montreal.
Laura Roberts
#25. I made a point to not read too far ahead with the first six or seven episodes of any show. I would read the outlines, but I didn't really want to read scripts too far in advance because I didn't really want to get ahead of myself, at all. To be honest, I don't have the time to come up with theories.
Simon Baker
#26. Understanding who you are is critical for your career advancement. Self-awareness helps you get ahead.
Bonnie Marcus
#27. I think that's what all New Zealanders who are fair-minded want - a good chance for everybody to get ahead, whether it's education or housing.
David Cunliffe
#28. Having a head is not enough, you must get ahead
Saji Ijiyemi
#29. You can get angry, you can get even, or you can get ahead.
Jeffrey Fry
#30. Yoga has stopped me from destroying my joints after running. It slows me down. My brain and body can go into overdrive - yoga teaches me to focus on the moment and not get ahead of myself.
Julia Stiles
#32. I say to my team all the time that this is how I grew up: Always thinking that, at any minute, I could be unemployed. You have to scramble. You have to work hard and get ahead of things.
Ursula Burns
#33. I believe there is a legitimate place for sweat and toil, but life is more than a climb to the top. Therefore, help me, Lord, to enjoy my work one day at a time, unhindered by my desire to get ahead.
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Phil Callaway
#34. But do not try to get ahead of Donna and initiate the complaining, no matter how sure you are that she'll agree. Because Donna will leave you hanging every time.
Tina Fey
#35. The CDC and the federal government have already admitted that they have failed to get ahead of the spread of Ebola in Texas, and we aren't going to let that happen in Florida.
Rick Scott
#36. 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
#37. In America, here is how we operate: We work for what we want, and we get ahead. We never take no for answer, and we deserve the rewards of our perseverance.
E. Lockhart
#38. Help others get ahead. you will always stand taller with someone else on your shoulders.
Bob Moawad
#39. If a young man is going to get ahead, if he is going to reach the top, he must be all wrapped up in what he is doing. He has to give his job - whatever it is - not only his talent but every bit of his enthusiasm and devotion.
Samuel Goldwyn
#40. 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 really sharp-looking report.
Dave Barry
#41. To get ahead, sometimes you had to retrace your steps.
Ari Berk
#42. Springsteen on that record started writing less about having your wind in your hair and turning the radio up and more about being dragged down by adult things. Regular people trying to get ahead. A little less mythical and romantic, and more real. It's a really spectacular record for that reason.
Craig Finn
#43. 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 and skill acquisition and education than ever before.
Marco Rubio
#44. This campaign not only hears the voices of the entrepreneurs and the farmers and the entrepreneurs, we hear the voices of those struggling to get ahead.
George W. Bush
#45. With stagnant hourly wages, the only way for working families to get ahead is by working more hours, ... certainly not the path to improving living standards that we'd expect in an economy posting strong productivity gains.
Jared Bernstein
#46. If you want to get ahead in life, I've found that perhaps the most useless word in the world is "tomorrow.
Jose N. Harris
#47. I'm a sitting duck. No, seriously, I mean I wish I could say more, but I'm a sitting duck because I can't get ahead of them [cyber experts]. They're far ahead of me. That's what I learned: how vulnerable we are. It's a big, silent monster out there. That's what it feels like.
Viola Davis
#48. One of the challenges of the show has always been trying to be surprising, and that was easy to do when nobody was watching it. Now that people have started watching it, they get ahead of us. We've all started really guarding the material, just to make it fun for the audience.
Mitchell Hurwitz
#49. Work hard but work smart. Always. Every day. Nothing is handed to you and nothing is easy. You're not owed anything ... No job or task is too small or beneath you. If you want to get ahead, volunteer to do the things no one else wants to do, and do it better. Be a sponge. Be open and learn.
Bobbi Brown
#50. Often in the real world, it's not the smart that get ahead, but the bold.
Robert T. Kiyosaki
#51. You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.
Dick Armey
#52. 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 faster to get to the finish. I'm willing to put in the work, to compensate for other things, to get ahead, to get to where I want to be.
Nick Newell
#53. A revolutionary should neither look or act like one to get ahead in Canada.
Preston Manning
#54. Everyone has a head but not everyone get ahead
Saji Ijiyemi
#55. 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 instinctively takes care not to get ahead of them.
George Bernard Shaw
#56. It's weird that the world sees modeling as a negative. It just blows my mind how many people think that because I was a model, I think I'm pretty and that I can use my looks to get ahead. I'm not pretty!
Kellan Lutz
#57. His enthusiasm and willingness to use what he learned made him get ahead in Spanish.
Elisabeth Elliot
#58. It sounds obvious, but many people endure working at jobs that make them miserable - the only reason they go to work is for the money. And guess what? They never make enough money to get ahead.
Wes Moss
#59. There's a rising tide of environmental awareness and activism among consumers that's going to continue to swell in the 21st century. Smart companies will get ahead of that wave and ride it to success and prosperity. Those that don't are headed for a wipeout.
William Clay Ford Jr.
#60. I made mistakes, I made some bread. I even made a way for them to get ahead.
Drake
#61. The whole of the American Dream has been based on the chance to get ahead, for one's self or one's children. Would this country have ever reached the point it has if the individual had always been refused the rewards of his labors and dangers?
James Adams
#62. I'm convinced that the only way to get ahead in this world is to live and sell dangerously. You've got to live beyond your means. You've got to commit yourself to an act or vision that pulls you further than you want to go and forces you to use your hidden strengths.
John H. Johnson
#63. The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.
Eric Hoffer
#64. You don't want to just get by, you want to get ahead. You don't want to settle for mediocrity, you want to strive for greatness. You don't want to get lost in the crowd, you want to stand out and lead the charge. Pushing the limits of your potential isn't easy, but it will be worth it.
Michael J. Schiemer
#65. In a world of pushing, shoving, striving to get ahead at all costs people; to those who knew him well, John Mann was a breath of fresh air.
Matt Micros
#66. Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else
that's how you'll get ahead.
Austin Kleon
#67. I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.
Randy Harrison
#68. You want to believe that those who work hard and sacrifice get ahead and those who are lazy and cheat do not. This, of course, is not always true. Success is often greatly influenced by when you were born, where you grew up, the socioeconomic status of your family, and random chance
David McRaney
#69. Americans are so tightly wound, the way they kill themselves to get ahead. It's no way to live,
Shilpi Somaya Gowda
#70. In life there are no short cuts; process is still the best way to get ahead.
Bidemi Mark-Mordi
#71. Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves - to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.
John C. Maxwell
#72. If you just can't seem to get ahead, you might need to check your priorities. If you've had difficulties setting your priorities, ask God to help you.
Victoria Osteen
#73. The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets.
Robert Shea
#74. You won't get ahead until you get off your behind.
Orrin Woodward
#75. The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom.
Larry Ellison
#76. Fairness is not the end result, it's the opportunity. And everybody in America today has the opportunity to get ahead.
Tim Huelskamp
#77. You stupid cow!" He laughed at her behind those icicle eyes. "You really think anyone is better than you? Everyone's a thief, woman! Waiting for the next terrible thing to do to get ahead of their neighbor. Forty of us around a table weren't enough to convince you of that?
Devon Trevarrow Flaherty
#78. Do people get moral when they don't get ahead?
Ruth Gordon
#79. Once you get into debt, it's hell to get out. Don't let credit card debt carry over. You can't get ahead paying eighteen percent.
Charlie Munger
#80. Well I was born to run, to get ahead of the rest. And all that I wanted was to be the best Just to feel free and be someone I was born to be fast, I was born to run .
Emmylou Harris
#81. We're not running the ball again until we get ahead. Shula was calling the plays, but I told them, 'I don't care what he calls. We're throwing every pass from now until we get the lead.' To Shula's credit, he always gave me that option.
Dan Marino
#82. I'm always thinking if I'm not doing something to get ahead in life, someone else is doing it.
Ryan Guzman
#83. This figure shows the cash flows in a world with only two people. I labeled them creditor and debtor. In reality, there are many creditors and debtors (see text for details). It also explains why the "rich get richer" and why those who are in debt and work for a living never seem to "get ahead.
Jacob Lund Fisker
#84. We are not endeavoring to get ahead of others, but to surpass ourselves.
Hugh B. Brown
#85. Can anyone survive without faith, however its labeled? No matter how you live, it seems, you need faith to get by, to get ahead.
Deborah Feldman
#86. You've got to get your education! It's the only way to get ahead in the world.
Sonia Sotomayor
#87. Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
Barbara Mikulski
#88. We should never let material things get ahead of God or become so important in our lives that we can't walk away from them if He tells us to. Anything you own that has a hold on you is a problem.
Joyce Meyer
#89. 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
#90. believe that hard work pays off, then you work hard; if you think it's hard to get ahead even when you try, then why try at all? Similarly,
J.D. Vance
#91. Most people who want to get ahead do it backward. They think, 'I'll get a bigger job, then I'll learn how to be a leader.' But showing leadership skill is how you get the bigger job in the first place. Leadership isn't a position, it's a process.
John C. Maxwell
#93. The way to get ahead is to start now. If you start now, you will know a lot next year that you don't know now and that you would not have known next year if you had waited.
William Feather
#94. The law," he continued, "is made by the rich people so that the poor people can't get ahead ...
Walter Mosley
#95. But I get ahead of myself, which is nearly as bad as getting Above Myself.
Mal Peet
#96. Political skills are essential career competencies to get ahead and stay ahead.
Bonnie Marcus
#97. If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then that would have come easily, sports would have come easily ... and I never would have realized that the way you get ahead in life is hard work.
Caitlyn Jenner
#98. Wilbur would remark that if he were to give a young man advice on how to get ahead in life, he would say, Pick out a good father and mother, and begin life in Ohio.
David McCullough
#99. Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.
Tahir Shah
#100. All that was needed to get ahead in the world was a bit of sense and the ability to kick a bastard faster than the bastard could kick you, and Richard Sharpe reckoned he had those talents right enough.
Bernard Cornwell
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