Famous quotes containing the words drive and/or failures:
“...I dont have an inner drive to do as well as anybody else ... I have a great pleasure in writing and part of that is political and part of that is Im surprised that Ive done as well as I have. I really am just surprised.”
—Grace Paley (b. 1922)
“I have never worked for fame or praise, and shall not feel their loss as I otherwise would. I have never for a moment lost sight of the humble life I was born to, its small environments, and the consequently little right I had to expect much of myself, and shall have the less to censure, or upbraid myself with for the failures I must see myself make.”
—Clara Barton (18211912)
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