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Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough. -- Brene Brown
And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else. -- Mackenzie Astin
And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning. -- Isaac Asimov
The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the rest of it, it feeds you self-doubt. You start thinking, perhaps I am not good enough. -- Nina Simone
All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream. -- Patti LaBelle
It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am. -- Elle Macpherson
It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on. -- Floyd Abrams
Better than nothing is not good enough for you! -- Greg Behrendt
If something is not good enough, stop doing it. -- Jonathan Ive
It's either not good enough and dies altogether, or it develops. -- Ninette de Valois
Friendship, obligation and greed are not good enough reasons to write anything. -- Stephen Sondheim
I can't do all that riddly diddly stuff. I'm not good enough. It's all about not playing. -- Will Champion
A 'good job' can be both practically attractive while still not good enough to devote your entire life to. -- Alain de Botton
I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices. -- Amy Grant
Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them. -- George Bernard Shaw
Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning. -- Anthony Trollope
Even though you have pain in your legs, you can do it. Even though your practice is not good enough, you can do it. -- Shunryu Suzuki
Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning. -- Anthony Trollope
I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that. -- Baz Luhrmann
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
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
Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's good, it's not good enough. -- Kevin Bacon
It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation. -- Walt Kelly
Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person? -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
People will try to label you not good enough, too slow, too old, too many mistakes. You can't stop negative comments or prevent negative labels, but you can choose to not let them hold you back. -- Joel Osteen
It's not good enough to just keep producing technology with no notion of whether it's going to be useful. You have to create stuff that people really want, rather than create stuff just because you can. -- Genevieve Bell
I'm not good enough to be playin' much acoustic guitar onstage. Man, you gotta get so right; I mean, the tones, the feel, the sound. Plus, acoustic blues guitar is just that much harder on the fingers. -- Johnny Winter
When I finish a picture I don't show it to anyone if I feel it's not good enough yet. I've learnt to listen to my partners and my friends. For me it's the biggest success if they like it. -- Marilyn Manson
Every day we do get closer to a cure. Three out of four children who are diagnosed with cancer will survive the disease, but that is not good enough. The loss of one child to this disease is too much. -- Michael McCaul
My high school was a private school where you went to an Ivy League. That's just what was expected of you and nothing less. So I grew up never being okay with a 'B' because a 'B' was not good enough. -- Troian Bellisario
I don't even know why I'm saying this in an interview situation, but I always feel like I'm not good enough for some reason. I wish that wasn't the case, but left to my own devices, that voice starts speaking up. -- Trent Reznor
There's too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin' to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there's a feeling of inadequacy, or a feeling that you're not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world. -- Alicia Keys
I had teachers who said I was not good enough. So, I said I will become good enough. So I became this guy who became obsessed to become good enough. Now I sit down and tell people who I was. Now, I say, 'Do you know who I am?' -- Herschel Walker
I have a very healthy dose of self-loathing. But I think we all have a past of being whatever our story was, of feeling not good enough. It can propel you to work harder and do more, but it can also be a tremendous trap, and you can't see beyond it. -- Kim Cattrall
Please don't settle for happiness. It's not good enough. Of course you deserve it, but if that's all you have in mind - happiness - I want to suggest to you that personal success devoid of meaningfulness, free of a steady commitment to social justice - that's more than a barren life. It's a trivial one. -- Toni Morrison
The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you're not good enough. On occasion, some may be correct. But do not do their work for them. Seek any job; ask anyone out; pursue any goal. Don't take it personally when they say 'no' - they may not be smart enough to say 'yes.' -- Keith Olbermann
I think my greatest victory was every time I walked out there, I gave it everything I had. I left everything out there. That's what I'm most proud of. I can't go win Wimbledon anymore, so if what I've done in the past is not good enough, let it go. Because I'm certainly not sitting around thinking about it. -- Jimmy Connors
Love, no matter how you come at it, is a huge risk. It makes it easier for me to remember that God will never reject me because I am not good enough and that any community that has His heart will embrace me as I am. Jesus invites us into a community where imperfect people can find acceptance, love, forgiveness, and a new beginning. -- Erwin McManus
If we went by the world's definition of who I'm supposed to be because I look weird... 'Well, surely, this guy can't have a productive life, surely, he doesn't have a sense of humor. Surely, he can't love life.' We stereotype people in this world. And so... if the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion. -- Nick Vujicic
The most common thing I find is very brilliant, acute, young people who want to become writers but they are not writing. You know, they really badly want to write a book but they are not writing it. The only advice I can give them is to just write it, get to the end of it. And, you know, if it's not good enough, write another one. -- Teju Cole
I had often sought for the peace there is in Christ, but I could not seem to find the freedom I desired. A terrible sadness rested on my heart. I could not think of anything I had done to cause me to feel sad; but it seemed to me that I was not good enough to enter Heaven, that such a thing would be altogether too much for me to expect. -- Ellen G. White
I'm not a 'Twilight' boy; I'll never be as good looking as those lads, and that's fair enough. -- Luke Evans
Clearly, some of the reason people embrace alternatives and reject vaccines is that they are angry and mistrustful of government and of pharmaceutical conglomerates. More than that, we pay too much for health care, it's not good enough, and the system is too complex. We need alternatives. -- Michael Specter
Intention, good or bad, is not enough. -- John Steinbeck
Good enough to tweet, not to say. -- Greg Behrendt
If better is possible, good is not enough -- Benjamin Franklin
In art, 'good enough' is not good enough. -- Ursula K. Le Guin
There's not enough good things in the world. -- Noel Gallagher
The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough. -- David Hockney
Good is not enough. You've got to be great. -- Simon Cowell
Good is not good enough when better is expected -- Lou Lamoriello
I'm not rational enough to be a good journalist. -- Jim Harrison
Above all else, never think you're not good enough. -- Anthony Trollope
Good intentions are not enough; commitment and sacrifice are necessary. -- Laurence Boldt
With photography, I always think that it's not good enough. -- Lynsey Addario
When people tell you're not good enough, don't mind them. -- Toni Gonzaga
When you're there, it's not good enough to be there. -- Don Shula
A fool has not stuff enough to make a good man. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It's not enough just being a good passer of the ball. -- Jamie Redknapp
I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect. -- Andre Braugher
Better is not good enough; the best is yet to come! -- T. B. Joshua
It's not enough to do good. It must be done well. -- St. Vincent
In England right now you're not good enough until you get validated. -- M.I.A.
Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation. -- Dhirubhai Ambani
I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline. -- Ritchie Blackmore
Sometimes love's not enough. And if it's not enough, what good is it ? -- Sylvia Day
To be good is not enough; a man must be good for something -- Henry Ford
I'm tired of giving my best and not having it be good enough. -- Jack Nicklaus
It's not enough to do good. You have to be seen doing good. -- Rene Balcer
Just doing as well as you did last time is not good enough. -- Michael Jackson
It is not enough to be a good player... you must also play well -- Siegbert Tarrasch
It's not enough not to be evil. We also actively try to be good. -- Sergey Brin
Good intentions are not enough. They've never put an onion in the soup yet. -- Sonya Levien
I admit that when the facts are not good enough, I always exaggerate them. -- Stephen Leacock
Eventually, there will not be enough prisons if there are not enough good homes. -- Neal A. Maxwell
It's not enough to be a good person. You also have to show it. -- Honore de Balzac
Justice is too good for some people and not good enough for the rest. -- Norman Douglas
I have a very good life - I'm lucky enough not to be deprived. -- Meryl Streep
I'm not the fastest writer. I can't just crank out ideas that are good enough. -- Amy Lee
The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject. -- Jawaharlal Nehru
Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough. -- Brene Brown
Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough. -- Brene Brown
A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough. -- Benjamin Franklin
I'm not good enough to write about my friends, who are all brilliant and sophisticated. -- Nick McDonell
'Good enough' stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great? -- Seth Godin
Good enough' stopped being good enough a long time ago. so why not be great? -- Seth Godin
I had a period where I thought I might not be good enough to publish. -- Stephen King
The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject. -- Michael Korda
I'm not good enough to be a saint and not bad enough to be interesting. -- Bernadette Devlin
I'm not good enough as a person and definitely not good enough as a writer. -- Kiese Laymon
I am too good for philosophy and not good enough for physics. Mathematics is in between. -- George Polya
However good an argument in philosophy may happen to be, it is generally not good enough. -- David Berlinski
Every child can learn, and we mean it... excuses are not good enough, we need results. -- Rod Paige
Learn to walk in God's perception of who you are, because yours is not good enough. -- Graham Cooke
Good enough is good enough. We're not supposed to be perfect. We're supposed to be complete. -- Jane Fonda
A moment of brilliance is not good enough to pay for your mistakes, it's taking responsibility -- Mohamed Mohamed Adel
Talent alone is not enough. I believe that a really good gymnast is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. -- Vladislav Rastorotsky
It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it. -- George Bernard Shaw
I'm not in any way selling out by having a record that's good enough for radio. -- Donnis
If it's not good enough for your eyes, why is it good enough for your stomach? -- Gary Yourofsky
If the world thinks you're not good enough, it's a lie, you know. Get a second opinion. -- Nick Vujicic
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well -- Rene Descartes
We are afraid of failure, of ridicule, of being rejected. We are afraid we're not good enough. -- Rhonda Britten
The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children. -- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. -- Rene Descartes
...intentions, good or bad, are not enough. There's luck or fate or something else that takes over... -- John Steinbeck
Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. -- Garrison Keillor
I couldn't do rap. I was trying. I don't know how. I'm not good enough to know. -- Dee Dee Ramone
We...sin not because we want what is evil, but because we want what isn't good enough. -- Scott Hahn
Songwriting as an art is a bit archaic now. Just writing a song is not good enough. -- David Bowie
Good intentions and earnest effort are not enough. Only Jesus can make an otherwise futile life productive. -- Charles R. Swindoll
Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work. -- Roopleen
The apparatus has to serve our improbability and improvisation. Being good and playing the songs is not enough. -- Flea
You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not. -- Neil Gaiman
Good moral actions are not enough. Everything in us, from the very depths, must be cleansed and reordered... -- Thomas Merton
One good thing about being young is that you're not experienced enough to know what can't be done. -- Gene Brown
Just live right now, and be yourself, it doesn't matter if it's not good enough for someone else. -- Calum Hood
Growing up in the entertainment industry, I've had a lot of people tell me I'm not good enough. -- Renee Olstead
Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts. -- Alan Ladd
I am never sure that anythings good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomorrow. -- Azzedine Alaia

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