People don't talk to you properly. It's the way they talk to you; they dismiss you. I think it's a combination of me being a woman and a foreigner.
Zaha HadidRead
I will never give myself the luxury of thinking, 'I've made it.'
Interpretation
What this quote means
Always strive for improvement and don't become complacent.
Zaha Hadid's quote emphasizes the importance of maintaining a mindset geared towards growth and continuous achievement. By rejecting the notion of having fully 'made it,' she advocates for a relentless pursuit of excellence, suggesting that complacency can hinder future success and innovation.
Themes
SuccessGrowthComplacencyAchievementExcellence
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to encourage individuals to pursue their goals without settling.
More from Zaha Hadid
All quotes βI don't think people should do things because you know, 'I am turning this age, I must go have a husband.' If you find somebody and it works out then have kids, it's very nice. But if you don't, you don't.
Zaha HadidRead
It is insufficient for architecture today to directly implement an existing building typology; it instead requires architects to carefully examine the whole area with new interventions and programmatic typologies
Zaha HadidRead
It's very important that historic cities are allowed to reinvent their future.
Zaha HadidRead
Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space ... On the one hand it's about shelter, but it's also about pleasure.
Zaha HadidRead
You have to really believe not only in yourself; you have to believe that the world is actually worth your sacrifices.
Zaha HadidRead
Similar quotes
Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
Stephen CoveyRead
If you want to be a singer, you've got to concentrate on it twenty-four hours a day. You can't be a well driller, too. You've got to concentrate on the business of entertaining and writing songs. Always think different from the next person. Don't ever do a song as you heard somebody else do it.
Otis ReddingRead
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Sun TzuRead
The things you have that money won't buy are the things that will enable you to get more of the things that money will buy.
Zig ZiglarRead
If you start today to do the right thing, you are already a success even if it doesnβt show yet.
John C. MaxwellRead
You don't need an introduction to succeed in life. You need to have good work. Work hard. Believe in yourself
Oscar De La RentaRead