The Overachievers Quotes

#1. Since 'The Overachievers' came out, I've been doing a lot of lectures and talking to kids across the country.

Alexandra Robbins

#2. It's not about what you've done; it's how you've experienced whatever has happened to you. Matt Lawrence in The Overachievers

Alexandra Robbins

#3. I suspect that what makes hedonists so angry when they think about overachievers is that the overachievers, without drugs or orgies, have more fun.

Wallace Stegner

#4. Overachievers don't think reasonably, sensibly, or rationally.

John Eliot

#5. Aren't eccentricities fairly common among overachievers.

John Irving

#6. He's probably the hardest-working guy I've been around who has great ability. Overachievers work hard because they have to. Peyton has rare talent, but chooses to push himself like he doesn't.

Tony Dungy

#7. Sometimes what makes us insecure and vulnerable becomes the fuel we need to be overachievers. The antidote for a snakebite is made from the poison, and the thing that made you go backward is the same force that will push you forward.

T.D. Jakes

#8. Overachievers, here's some good and some bad news. The good news is, that you're smart, special, and you're raising the bar. The bad news is: very few people will like you.

Joan Marques

#9. What turns ordinary people into overachievers is the way they use their minds when they are called on to perform.

John Eliot

#10. Being the underachiever in a family of overachievers was hell.

Sandra Marton

#11. Overachievers look forward to the finish line, underachievers look back to see who they are beating.

Bobby Hoffman