Never Good Enough Quotes

When you come up a bit short on excellence, you still win. When you strive for perfect, you're just never quite good enough. — Dawn Gluskin

Now success was like lust, she's good to the touch,
She's good for the moment, but she's never enough — Jay-Z

I'm not a 'Twilight' boy; I'll never be as good looking as those lads, and that's fair enough. — Luke Evans

If you are an artist and you are honest, you are never good enough. — Jenny Holzer

In some way I felt I was never good enough until I started fighting. I was always striving to show my worth and value. — Randy Couture

I am never sure that anything's good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomorrow. — Azzedine Alaia

A good newspaper is never good enough, but a lousy newspaper is a joy forever. — Garrison Keillor

If we can't stand up to the never good enough and who do you think you are? we can't move forward. — Brene Brown

Many people never reach greater because they don't leave good enough behind. — Steven Furtick

Don't settle for mediocrity; never let good enough be good enough. — Joel Osteen

A trial was a stupid word, considering
that an attempt was never good enough: you were supposed to toe the line, period. — Jodi Picoult

My children have never watched any of my films. Charlie knows that daddy makes movies, but he says they are not good enough for him to watch. — Russell Crowe

If my work was good enough, I would never have to do publicity. — David Duchovny

One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner either. — David Foster Wallace

We're taught at such a young age that you can always be better and that you're never perfect and that you're never good enough. — Shawn Johnson

Never chase a person that doesn't know your worth because the moment you catch him you will always feel you were never good enough. — Shannon L. Alder

I've always wanted to do a photo book, but I've never done one because I've never felt ready; I just didn't feel my work was good enough. — Lynsey Addario

A good-enough novel violently written now is better than a perfect novel meticulously written never. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Above all else, never think you're not good enough. — Anthony Trollope

Never settle for just good enough, settle for greatness. — James Bundy

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied. — J. Cole

Fear is never a good enough reason to do nothing — Charlie Sheen

...for those of us who never do these things at all, there can be a great sense of shame that washes over us for not being a good enough Christian. — Emily P. Freeman

Jesus never wrote a book; never went outside his country. His only legacy was to never compromise the good. And it was more than enough for the world. — Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been. — George R R Martin

I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views. — Edith Wharton

There's never enough time to say good-bye. Never enough time to say "I love you." Never enough time to let go. — D. Nichole King

Don't ever think that somebody isn't important or not good enough, because you never know which way the road will take you. — Chris Brogan

I never thought anyone would be good enough for her, but God, you're like an all-American hero, — Katie Reus

All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough. — Anna Quindlen

Above all, never think you're not good enough. Never think that. In life people will take you at your own reckoning. — Isaac Asimov

I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough. — R. Lee Ermey

Never be comfortable ... with just good enough. — Ray Lewis

You have to accept that you'll never be good enough for some people. Whether that is going to be your problem or theirs is up to you. — Bryant McGill

Good enough, never is. — Peter David

Until late in life, I was never quite good enough for my father, and I suppose that is part of what drives me even now, well after his death in 1992. — Richard Smalley

I just don't like to settle. Good enough is never good enough. — Josie Natori

Greatness Can Only Be Achieved With The Realization That Being Good Is Only Good Enough For Those Who Will Never Aspire To Be Great — Jebb A. Rebal

Fine. You don't want to be good enough for me, then you will never be. I deserve someone who wants to be what I need. — Abbi Glines

The more I heard that I couldn't make it, the more I was determined to do it. I never liked being told that I'm not good enough to do this or that. — Archie Griffin

Good intentions are not enough. They've never put an onion in the soup yet. — Sonya Levien

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure. — George Eliot

I never wanted Manchester United to be second to anybody. Only the best would be good enough. — Matt Busby

Good enough never is. Set your standards so high that even the flaws are considered excellent. — Debbi Fields

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie. — Michel De Montaigne

I never found anyone who was good enough, who I could trust enough. — Christine Keeler

I never thought I was good enough actually to write. — Ricky Schroder

One key to success is demanding more than adequacy, never settling for good enough and always doing a little bit more. — Michael Josephson

A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth. — Mahatma Gandhi

There is never a reason good enough to be out of alignment with peace. — Alaric Hutchinson

Everybody said to me back home, what do you want to go to Alaska for, and I said, because I've never been there, isn't that a good enough reason? — Alice Munro

I never expected to win a Grand Slam because, for me, I was not good enough to beat those guys. — Stanislas Wawrinka

No matter how hard you try, it's just never good enough for those that want to see you fall. — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

My father was always good enough he never broke a bone, — Tamara White

Being good enough never is. — Debbi Fields

It never occurred to me that I couldn't change things that needed changing or couldn't have what I wanted if I worked hard enough and was good enough. — Kathleen Turner

I never wanted to settle for 'good enough.' I wanted 'great' or nothing. — Danielle Steel

Good enough may be an acceptable end, but it should never be an acceptable goal. — James Rozoff

But saying stuff, even if it's good, isn't enough. Dad never did anything, he just talked about it. Even I knew you needed plans. — Glenda Millard

You will never get everything in life but you will get enough. — Sanhita Baruah

There's always a way you can get better. You can never be satisfied. You can never say, 'That's good enough'. — Kron Gracie

I'll never be satisfied in classical ballet. It'll never be good enough. I'll never be happy with most of my product. — David Hallberg

Love alone is never a good enough reason to marry. — Harriet Lerner

My stories are never quite good enough. — Anne Tyler

I'm no stranger to criticism. You're never going to be good enough, or just the right thing in everybody's eyes. — Christina Aguilera

Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good enough. — Max Walker

I never want to be satisfied. I never want to be like, 'OK, this is good enough.' I always want to get to the next level and help the team improve. — Carlos Gonzalez

Sorry's not good enough. When something's broken, sorry can never bring it back. — Kenneth Eade

You will never be good enough for the wrong person. — Stephan Labossiere

He still thinks that knowing why might help. He doesn't yet know that the reason will never be good enough. — Ally Condie

I do not think it pleases the Lord when we worry because we think we never do enough or that what we do is never good enough. — Boyd K. Packer

I'm always excited to see my good buddy Richelle Mead. She cracks me up. I never get to see Veronica Roth enough, either. — Margaret Stohl

I'm still looking to write a great song ... You always are. You know, you never think, 'Well, that's enough ... that's good enough.' — Paul McCartney

I have loads of stuff that never came out because I really don't think it's good enough. — Gold Panda

I will fight for you, and if you know me well enough, you know i am pretty darn good at winning. — Aleksandra Ninkovic

Start from here, now is all you have, there will never be a better place or time and by tomorrow you would have lost more time. — Malti Bhojwani

Good enough is never good enough. — Alfred Bertram Guthrie

But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil. — Robert A. Heinlein