Settle for More Quotes

“Then, one night, her guest, Dr. Phil, said something that made me drop my fork: “The only difference between you and someone you envy is, you settled for less.” It”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“Winners take responsibility. Losers blame others.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“Dad!' I'd complain when I lost track of what he was saying. 'Speak English.'

'Megyn, I will not lower my vocabulary to meet yours,' he said. 'You must raise yours to meet mine.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“I believe in the right to offend. To insult. Even to horrify. It’s not that we’re supposed to enjoy it; it’s that we’re supposed to allow it and then respond in a more persuasive voice. That’s the bedrock of the First Amendment—the answer to speech you do not like is not less speech, it’s more speech. In”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“It's never too soon to start the life you want.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“That's pretty profound if you think about it. However low you are, there is always something to feel proud of, and however high you are, there is always something to humble you. I hold on to that this day.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“But spending your life pretending you are something other than what you are is unsustainable.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“But when I failed, I convinced myself that the failures were evidence of the “real” me, and the successes were the “fake” me fooling people.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“But if something that was good morphs into something that's not good - and is not changing back - one has to stay conscious of that too. Settling for more is not an endgame - it's an active process. It means staying aware of one's surroundings, because "more" is a fluid concept. Life changes, and requires that we change too.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“I love my job and the excitement and challenges it offers. But my job does not define me. If this job ended tomorrow I'd find another way to find that glorious feeling of accomplishment. No employer or career choice "made" me. I made me...”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“Money removes many stressors, but it has not changed my level of happiness, nor who I am. It changes how I spend my time. Right”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“One time Yates and I were playing a game.

'Yates,' I said, 'you're going to win!'

'Maybe we could all win,' he said.

'No,' I said, 'we cannot all win. There is a winner and a loser. Losing is an incentive to keep practicing.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“How are you so strong?' I asked her.

She came over and held me.

'Anything is doable as long as it's time-limited,' she said. 'This pain will never go away, but it will get easier.'

My mother was so sad, but so brave at the same time. Once when she was at work during this time, she had a contentious exchange with a table full of doctors at the hospital. Uncharacteristically, she burst into tears. While crying, she choked out: 'These tears are not about you. They are about my husband. But don't let the tears dilute the content of my message.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“Here is an entry from June 12, 1989, three and a half years after my father’s death: I feel so helpless sometimes. I know that my destiny is in my own hands, but to what extent? There is so much to think about—family, friends, career, LIFE! Will my grandchildren read this, years from now, and see it as the only thing to remember me by? No legacy? We’re here for such a short time. But what exactly are my ambitions? I thought ambition was viewed as bad, as wrong. It turns out it’s the key to everything. Where will I be in ten years? I want to be successful. What do I believe in—really believe in? Hell, Megyn, what do you even know about the world? I want to know what my teachers know. Where is it all? In books? I know where it is—it’s in years and years of research and experiences. That’s not something I can just have. I have to get it all for myself. I’m just sitting here wondering who I really am inside and—who am I to become?”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“Winners take responsibility. Losers blame others.” It’s”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“laughter is the secret of life.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“My husband is not the secretary of state, I am. You want my opinion? I will tell you my”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“My friend told me just before I gave birth, "Now you will know what it is like to have your heart walking around outside your body.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“Look, for those of you sitting here feeling bad about yourself because you're in danger of failing out, don't beat yourself up too badly. Just remember, you're still in law school-something thousands of others wanted but were denied. And for those of you at the top of your class, feeling great about yourselves and thinking, "Ive got it made," just remember: you're still at Albany." However low you are, there is always something to feel proud of, and however high you are, there is always something to humble you.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“I knew there would be no shortcuts for me in life-we didn't have money or access to people of power. I knew, if I was going to have any success, it would be a result of getting educated and working hard-as hard or harder than my parents did.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“Megan, I will not lower my vocabulary to meet yours," he said. "You must raise yours to meet mine.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“Her philosophy is very empowering—that everything we want or need in life we can have, and we can get for ourselves. (She also believes that you should say nice things to your water if you want to encourage its healing properties, but every sage has a few eccentricities.) I”
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“Diane is my spiritual guide. She is a Duke- and Harvard-educated oyster fisherman in Cape Cod. Now there’s something you don’t hear every day. Like Jackie and Doug, she does not seek the spotlight.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“My parents let my whole self shine. One”
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“If Dad was disappointed in us, we felt shame deep in our souls, and if Mom was mad, we felt it somewhere else. We”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“Most of my own power has come from excellence, not advocacy. My approach is to say to myself, 'Just do better. Be better.' That's not to say there's no bias, no sexism. There is, and it's not good. It's just that for me, the solution of doing better is far more empowering than lamenting one's circumstances.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“Whenever you talk to nana on one of her birthdays - her real name, by the way, is Antoinette Frances Holzworth DeMaio, though she's better known as Tebby - she'll tell you how old she is, quickly followed by 'Ain't that revoltin'? Da woyums should have me by now. I should be playnt-ed. Why ain't I playnt-ed yet?' 'Because the Lord doesn't like complainers,' my mom will say.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“He dedicated the work to me: 'This is for my daughter Megyn, who read this and said, 'This is good, Dad.'' (He got the grant.) I felt respected.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“I did learn that standing by your principles is always the right call, even when dealing with people in positions of power.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More

“By my second year of college, I found myself thinking more and more about law school as a next step. I’d actually been considering it since my freshman year, when I had taken a class with a political science professor named Robert McClure. He was a tough, no-nonsense professor whose class I loved. I learned quite a bit from him about how to make an argument—and, more importantly, that I loved to argue. By the time I was a junior, I had decided to become a lawyer, which was empowering as a decision. I’d been searching for what my path would be and how I’d take control of my life. Now, finally, I’d seized upon one. From my journal entry on January 26, 1991: I am twenty years old now and have actively begun to make what I want happen. It’s a good feeling, though certainly frightening. I know who I am becoming and who I want to be. The horrifying threat of misplaced nostalgia will never affect me as I age, for—succeed or fail—I will have accomplished the satisfaction of attempting. When I applied to law schools, initially I thought I wanted to go to Notre Dame. It was Irish and Catholic, it was in South Bend, Indiana, and I thought it might be fun to see a different part of the country. Plus, it was a great school. I was turned down by Notre Dame, but got a yes from Albany Law School (ALS), right in my hometown, so I could live at home and save some money. Besides, everyone says it’s the Notre Dame of Albany. I would need all the confidence I got from my family and from Jim, because law school was not for the faint of heart. The work was intense and the competition fierce. However, to my mother’s delight, not only did I thrive in law school, but I paid for it myself.”
― Megyn Kelly, Settle for More