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I have to prove myself five times over. -- Eleanor Mondale
I had to prove myself to a lot of different people. -- Gerard Butler
I am really focused on how I can improve myself and the world around me. -- Rachel Roy
Woe to me if I should prove myself but a halfhearted soldier in the service of my thorn-crowned Captain. -- Fidelis of Sigmaringen
Everyday that goes by I try to improve myself and searching for something that may even be impossible; perfection. -- Anderson Silva
In terms of changes, the spiritual mentors teach me that I must not forget those relating primarily to improve myself. -- Chico Xavier
People always assume that things are just handed to me, but I've had to prove myself, every inch of the way. -- Madeline Zima
I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure. -- Sam Claflin
I work hard to improve myself as a person - as a father, as a husband, as a manager. I'm always on that mission. -- Michael Johnson
The more conscious of God's presence the more I feel like being myself, the less conscious of His presence, the more I feel I need to prove myself. -- R. T. Kendall
I felt like I had to prove myself, but I feel that you have to do that anyway, as an actor. You're there to do a job, and that's your primary concern. -- Giles Matthey
I've always had to prove myself to people growing up. I had to show them that I could do this and I could do that and paying no mind to what the critics said. -- Russell Westbrook
I'm constantly trying to make myself better, to learn more. I didn't finish college, so I feel like I'm always having to prove myself. I don't want to feel like the smallest person in the room. -- Nina Dobrev
At the same time, it makes me feel like I have to prove myself to the new guys coming in as well as prove myself to the coaching staff, which is a good bit of motivation for me. -- Michael Strahan
I don't intend to be a performing flea any more. I was the dreamweaver, but although I'll be around I don't intend to be running at 20,000 miles an hour trying to prove myself. I don't want to die at 40. -- John Lennon
I was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame. -- Dennis Eckersley
Setbacks, on the other hand, just make us feel weak and stupid: I should have conquered this by now. I happened on a question not long ago that oerfectly expresses this mentality: How many times must I prove myself an idiot? -- Beth Moore
It would be nice to not have to prove myself, and for people to know that I'm good and can play a role. Whatever role that is that lets people know that I can play the next role is what I want to do. -- Madeline Zima
It's my whole life of being the little guy and having a little chip on my shoulder, from year to year trying to prove myself, and at the end of the day to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame is a very special honor for me. -- Doug Flutie
As a working-class actor, leaving school with no qualifications, being a printer and then becoming an actor and then working with people who to a certain extent had had a leg up. I never had that advantage. It's less an artistic need to express myself and more a need to prove myself. -- Eddie Marsan
Self-criticism is not "love," and it is certainly not indifferent. It's a form of hatred. And when I name that, when I see it for what it is (raw and uncomfortable and saddening), when I refuse to sugar-coat self criticism, judgment, agitation, and constantly trying to improve myself, then I'm one quantum leap closer to freedom. -- Danielle LaPorte
I've always felt I had to prove myself, and now it has become second nature. When I first went to university, I took lodgings with a woman who said, 'What are the chances of you staining my pans?' I said, 'I don't think I understand the question...' and she said, 'When you cook your curries.' -- Sanjeev Bhaskar
The distance between number one and number two is always a constant. If you want to improve the organization, you have to improve yourself and the organization gets pulled up with you. That is a big lesson. I cannot just expect the organization to improve if I don't improve myself and lift the organization, because that distance is a constant. -- Indra Nooyi
I do not compete with anybody else; I compete only with myself. You saw my capacity a few minutes ago. Now I am competing with myself. When I do weightlifting, my body is my world. If I can improve myself, if I can go beyond my previous achievements, then that is my goal. My own previous record is always what I am competing with. -- Sri Chinmoy
I never felt I had to prove myself with anything. -- Cameron Diaz
I have nothing to prove to anyone. I only play for myself. -- Mark Philippoussis
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I do not need to love you to prove that I love myself!! -- Elizabeth Gilbert
I've got a lot to prove to a lot of people, including myself. -- Landon Donovan
I love being physical, but I don't have any desire to prove myself. -- Anna Torv
I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel. -- Camilla Lackberg
I always ask myself, what do I need to prove? I won the fight. -- Manny Pacquiao
I just have to prove to myself, I don't have to prove to fans. -- Andruw Jones
Well there's nothing to lose And there's nothing to prove I'll be dancing with myself. -- Billy Idol
I'm not trying to prove anybody wrong, I'm just trying to prove something to myself. -- Mike Piazza
I remember promising myself that should I live I would prove myself deserving of life. -- Terry Fox
I donâ??t think of myself as being a woman and having anything to prove, -- Eileen Collins
I love to be pushed so I can prove myself, because once again, I will. -- Kid Rock
I don't feel the need to prove myself to others, but to prove myself to myself -- Monica Bellucci
Having been Scully for such a long time, I have to prove myself in other roles. -- Gillian Anderson
I've got no need to prove to myself that I can do Shakespeare. I've done it. -- Anthony Hopkins
I never tried to prove anything to someone else. I wanted to prove something to myself. -- Kobe Bryant
Even after I got some recognition and success, I still had to work hard and prove myself. -- Shakira
No one's calling me for lawyer roles. I still have a lot to do to prove myself. -- Channing Tatum
I want to be like Rocky Balboa. Give me a title shot right away! I'll prove myself. -- Henry Cejudo
I decided to write books, just to prove to myself that I was still alive, if nothing else. -- Ken Bruen
I am ready to fight according to the rules, and I ask for the opportunity to prove myself. -- Yingluck Shinawatra
I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly. -- Oprah Winfrey
I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself. -- Linda Vester
I always make sure that the world will prove me right. It gives me the freedom to contradict myself. -- Criss Jami
The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence. -- Jean de la Bruyere
First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress. -- Marilyn Monroe
I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasn't a puppet. -- Sean Parker
You might not trust me. Please give me a chance and time. I will prove myself for all of you. -- Yingluck Shinawatra
Seriously. I'm not playing to prove anything to journalists. I'm playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy. -- Roger Federer
I had a desire to prove to myself that I was actually in control - that I wasnt a puppet. -- Sean Parker
I always had to prove myself through my actions. Be a cheerleader. Be class president. Be the editor of the newspaper. -- Halle Berry
I don't think I'm better than anyone; I just like to prove to myself that things I imagine can be done. -- Anderson Silva
I've been in a hurry all my life. I've been in a hurry to succeed, and in a hurry to prove myself. -- Henry Kravis
I hope that I can make good music out of whatever genre I go into. Just to prove to myself that I can. -- Herbie Hancock
I guess I have to prove myself all over again, even if it's to the world. I don't have a problem doing that. -- Tionne Watkins
I loved fighting... It gave me the opportunity to prove myself, to stand up and say, 'I'm the best. I matter. I am.' -- Joe Frazier
I get very nervous in un-trodden territory but it's important to keep doing it just to prove to myself that I can do it. -- Yasmin Paige
When I finish with one thing very well, I start some other thing. I don't like to stop. I like to continually prove myself. -- Pierre Cardin
Some people have theorized that I lurched to prove myself intellectually. But it was not any lurch. It was more a kind of awakening. -- Jack Kemp
There's a lot of great Olympians, but for me, I try to prove myself as one of the best - and that's the key thing. -- Usain Bolt
I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll be a great actress. -- Marilyn Monroe
I don't want to prove anything; I merely want to live, to do no one harm but myself. I have the right to do that, haven't I? -- Leo Tolstoy
I didn't need to take any fight for the last 10 years. But I've always fought the best and I've always wanted to prove myself to the best. -- Bernard Hopkins
I just look back on my season [2004] as a year where I've had to prove myself. I've had to fight all the way through to the end. -- Greg Rusedski
In the early days, I often felt that I was taking a math test when we were playing. It was a profound feeling of having to prove myself. -- Chris Stein
I have no desire to prove anything by my work. I have never used it as an outlet or as a means of expressing myself. I just dance. -- Fred Astaire
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I would love when that day comes so I can prove everyone wrong, but in the same time prove to myself I can be the best I can be. -- Grigor Dimitrov
They don't matter. I thought I had to prove something, and I did, to myself. There's nothing left for me to prove. I can move on with my life. -- Tami Hoag
I always feel like I have to prove myself as an actor, otherwise you get lazy if you're not slightly terrified that you're going to fail all the time. -- Scarlett Johansson
I didn't feel a specific pressure to prove myself because I had an actor in the family. I didn't feel that pressure to fill some big shoes or anything. -- Katherine Waterston
Always do what you're afraid to do. ... I will prove myself strong when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak. -- E. Lockhart
I had to come to the United States to prove myself. I fought for a long time in England and a lot of people thought I was a protected fighter. -- Ricky Hatton
I don't do the L.A. scene. I stay focused and very myopic. I don't feel I need to prove myself or be in people's faces, especially in this town. -- Taylor Kitsch
... oh, I long to prove myself by writing! The best seems to die in me when I give it up. It is the self I love--not this efficient, philanthropic self. -- Ruth Benedict
There's been so much media about me being a surfer dude and a lot of other jobs. I guess it's time to prove myself, to let the people know, heck, I've a brain. -- Kato Kaelin
I'm very competitive and if I'm not in the weight room than someone is getting better than me. I just have to stay in there and prove myself any way that I can. -- Justin Cole
I've always been the guy that loved being scared or loved having pressure on me, because I always wanted to prove myself wrong and always wanted to prove that I could do it. -- Alex Pettyfer
I did it to win love, and to prove myself capable. Not to move mountains. In my opinions, mountains don't move. They only look changed when you look down on them from great height. -- Barbara Kingsolver
Some people think success is overnight. I suppose, considering I came from Australia, it has been pretty quick. But I have a background in stand-up and improv, so I've really had to prove myself. -- Rebel Wilson
I do have high standards. I look at everything I have done and think, 'Why wasn't that better?' Part of my motivation is from crippling self-doubt - I have got to prove myself wrong. -- Michael Palin

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