Self Congratulations Quotes

I have never got on with the quietist movements: they lapse too easily into self-congratulations: I have found the oneness, you have not. I prefer to look outside myself if I possibly can, not inside. Meditation reminds me too forcibly of being made to lie on a mat at nursery school and take an hour's nap. ~ Fay Weldon

These are the days that require discipline, when exercise is pure duty and the good feeling only comes later, consisting solely of self-congratulations for having done the job at all. ~ Sue Grafton

This lunch, however, was going nowhere. Li Yong sat across the table running his mouth like a nervous sewing machine, never missing an opportunity for self-congratulations. ~ Michael Ben Zehabe

I was shocked when they told me congratulations, you won, that's the good news. Then the bad news is that you have six battles next week. That was a bit of a shocker. I was exhausted. And I had Chopped shooting that same week. I didn't have a sous chef lined up; I thought that was bad karma to try to think ahead. So I scrambled. I scrambled the jets, took off and we bombed our target. I think it's gone well. ~ Geoffrey Zakarian

Success is like a high-rise building I'm on the first floor. There are a lot of people in the basement or the parking lot but I was lucky enough to have made it to the first floor and I'm looking to make it to the penthouse. ~ Justin Guarini

My congratulations to you, sir. Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. ~ Samuel Johnson

Stay a little while longer, and let everyone congratulate you - including the ones who clearly don't want to: in fact, especially the ones who clearly don't want to. You don't have to say anything but 'thank you ~ Robin McKinley

The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after. ~ Newton D. Baker

Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back. ~ William J. Clinton

To Radu, my brother, I do not acknowledge your new title, nor Mehmed's. Tell the lying coward I send no congratulations. He sent none to me when I took my throne in spite of him. You did not choose right. Tell Mehmed Wallachia is mine. With all defiance, Lada Dracul, Prince of Wallachia ~ Kiersten White

Congratulations.
You've just been demoted from the "pity" sector to the "apathy" sector.
To check the validity of this offer you can ask if anyone cares.
To cancel your subscription, go get a life.
Thank you. ~ Sanhita Baruah

And finally I begin to have such a success in my examinations that I found myself in a career you see. ~ Victoria De Los Angeles

Congratulations. Your official super-nerd badge is in the mail. ~ Rachel Vincent

The road to success leads through the valley of humility, and the path is up the ladder of patience and across the wide barren plains of perseverance. As yet, no short cut has ever been discovered. ~ Joseph F. Lamb

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture. ~ Charles Caleb Colton

However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Mara hurries over and takes my hands. "Er, congratulations on your pending nuptials?"
I whisper, "He'll be so angry when he learns I have engaged us without his knowledge. ~ Rae Carson

There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you. ~ David McCullough

Congratulations on your well deserved retirement,
Wishing you every happiness in the years ahead.
No lying about your age, more lying around the house
After lying much longer in bed ~ John Walter Bratton

Congratulations. So far, you've both scored a hundred percent on the quiz."
"Quiz?" Liam blinked, then looked at Hammer, his eyes wide. "Shit, we didn't study, mate."
"If Seth is giving the quiz, we're good. He can't be smarter than us," Hammer said in a stage whisper. ~ Shayla Black

This gentleman here, Michael Hussey, is just an absolute freak. ~ Michael Clarke

Congratulations on your day. ~ Auliq Ice

If I bother you so much, why did you let me kiss you again in that hospital? Is the reason to screw up my head more, to see if you still have the knack for it? Because congratulations Nell, you've succeeded yet again. ~ LeeAnn Whitaker

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure. ~ Mark Twain

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying. ~ W. Clement Stone

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. ~ Robert Collier

Okay. Roz is strong. She's confident and loyal. She's there when I need her.
"Congratulations," I mumbled. "Sounds like you're dating a German shepherd. ~ Jus Accardo

Dear Sir, I must trouble you once more for congratulations. Elizabeth will soon be the wife of Mr. Darcy. Console Lady Catherine as well as you can. But, if I were you, I would stand by the nephew. He has more to give. Yours sincerely, etc. ~ Jane Austen

Congratulations, starling. You were meant to fly. ~ Fiona Paul

Congratulations, Mousey, you've managed to insult every marsupial in the country in just under three kilometers. ~ Elle Lothlorien

My recommendation is to keep up the good work. I'm changing your title to senior executive assistant, and giving you a three percent raise effective next payday. Congratulations."
Wow, three percent. I could move up that early retirement plan to age seventy-five now, instead of eighty. Lucky me.
Thank you," I said. "That's very generous."
You're quite welcome." Ms. Saunders nodded and grabbed a gold-plated letter opener to begin attacking her stack of mail.
I turned to leave. Didn't want to outstay my welcome.
Damn it!" she exclaimed, and I turned back around. She winced and nodded at the letter opener that she'd dropped to her desktop. "Damn thing slipped. I'm probably going to need stitches now. Can you be a dear and fetch the first-aid kit for me?"
She held her left index finger and frowned at the steady flow of blood oozing out. A few small drops of red splashed onto the other letters spread out on the desk.
I felt woozy. And suddenly dizzy.
I blinked.
When I opened my eyes, I was no longer standing by the door about to leave. I was crouched down next to Ms. Saunders's imported black leather chair, grasping her wrist tightly…… and sucking noisily on her fingertip.
I shrieked and let go of her, staggering backward. I grabbed at her desk to keep from falling, but I dropped on my butt, anyhow, taking most of the contents of the top of her desk with me.
She held her injured finger far away from her and stared at me, wide- ~ Michelle Rowen

Congratulations to Sachin Tendulkar for becoming the first person ever to score 50 test hundreds, absolute superstar ~ Rohan Bopanna

Congratulations on a good outcome! We've all been rooting for you. Charmaine wonders who's been doing the rooting, because she hasn't noticed anyone. But like so many things around here, maybe the rooting has taken place behind the scenes. ~ Margaret Atwood

Congratulations Danny. You're now the legal equivalent of a male nurse. ~ Brooke McKinley

Success is a great deodorant. It takes away all your past smells. ~ Elizabeth Taylor

Success is meaningless if you can't sleep at night because of harsh things said, petty secrets sharpened against hard and stony regret, just waiting to be plunged into the soft underbelly of a 'friendship.' ~ Margaret Cho

Congratulations, you have a sense of humor. And to those who didn't: Go stick your head in the mud. ~ Jesse Ventura

There is no success without hardship. ~ Sophocles

Sadie Kane here. If you're listening to this, congratulations, you survived doomsday. ~ Rick Riordan