28 Inspiring Quotes From 'Getting There' That Prove Even The Most Successful People Have Faced Adversity

“You will be judged on everything you do. It doesn’t matter what field you are in: If you are working on something large or something small, always make sure it adheres to your highest standards. Move away from people who dilute this mission and partner with those who support it.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“It’s important to find good mentors.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“Creative people should try to do something new every day. Whether it ends up being good or bad doesn’t matter. What’s important is to keep your muscles exercised. You’ve got to practice a lot before you can be any good at most things.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“Your worst qualities can also be your best, so try to utilize them in a positive way.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“Life is an obstacle course comprised of things that knock you down completely as well as the smaller day-to-day struggles. When I encounter tough times, personally or professionally, I get through them by remembering my core beliefs.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“Those with a positive attitude gulped and thought, I have no idea how I am going to do this, but I will.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“Human creativity is limitless. If we channel it toward addressing the problems we have created over the years, we can redesign anything and construct the kind of world in which we want to live.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“My goals are constantly evolving so I never entirely achieve them. This is actually a good thing, because once you realize your goal, then where do you go?”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“You don’t need everyone; you only need a few people who really believe in you and your ideas.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“Many people think that success is about coming up with a big idea, inventing something new, or finding the perfect job. Those are definitely great starting points, but I believe that success is really dependent on how you handle everything that happens thereafter.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“Be generous and don’t worry about keeping score. My grandfather didn’t have a lot of money but he was amazingly generous.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“You learn a lot more from mistakes than you do from successes. I tell my kids, ‘It’s almost certain that you are going to make mistakes along the way. Try to make small ones, if you can, and think of them as opportunities to learn.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“I have always been very competitive and driven, in sports or whatever. I think that’s a quality you either have or you don’t.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“No one likes to feel vulnerable, and I’m no exception, but the reality is that you can only know as much depth, happiness, and success in your life as you can know vulnerability. If you don’t ask out a girl or a guy on a date, you won’t get rejected, but you won’t fall in love either.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“A key element to my success has been my ability to attract the best people in the world to work with me— and then keep them motivated.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“Success unshared is failure. If you’ve ‘made it’ and don’t help others out along the way— if you don’t do something to make the planet a better place— you’re not successful at all; you are a failure. But”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“You don’t always know what you want to do in life, but you sure know when something isn’t right. My advice is that once you realize you don’t want to pursue something get out. The sooner you exit a situation that’s not meant to be, the sooner you can move toward your ultimate destiny.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“The thing with being fired is that no one tells you they’re about to do it— you just get fired one day.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“I’m a big believer in creating your own opportunity if no one gives you one.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“Use the words ‘we’ and ‘us’ when referring to your business. Never use ‘I’ and ‘me.’ It sounds egotistical.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“You have only one mind and one body for the rest of your life. If you aren’t taking care of them when you’re sixteen or seventeen, it’s like leaving that car out in hailstorms and letting rust eat away at it.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“When you are generous, you will always feel good about yourself. If life ends up being generous in return, as it usually does with giving people, then you will have greater joy.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“You never climb a mountain to get to the middle; you climb it to get to the top.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“Success comes from doing something extraordinary with passion and intensity.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“Most people sweat it out for years and encounter some degree of humiliation and failure along the way.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“His attitude taught me to define failure as not trying something I want to do instead of not achieving the right outcome.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“An important quality in my field is emotional stability. You have to be able to think independently.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com

“Qualities of good character and integrity make an enormous difference in achieving success.”

— Gillian Zoe Segal, amazon.com