Quotes About Drive

It's how tenacious you are that will determine your success.

Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.

Fear of failure is at least as common as the desire for success. In fact, if harnessed properly, it can be the energy that drives the wheel.

There are few qualities more vital than a strong yearning. That desire to reach a little farther, to be a little more, yearning...for a piece of something greater, can often make all the difference.

Success in business isn't about being right; it's about being committed.

One thing I noticed when I was young was I was impatient for success. I think everybody is impatient for success. It will come. But don't - you shouldn't let that impatience drive you crazy.

Ambition does not see the earth she treads on: The rock and the herbage are of one substance to her.

That is an important part of my success. Another big part of my success is that I hated not to finish a race.

My drive is other people's success.

People who don't make goals end up working for those who do.

I don't think I'm stubborn. I just focus on the task at hand and do what it takes. Persistence is the single most important thing for success.

Never mind, you know the word must ; with that word one does many things.

Sí, la adhesión, que así en términos decorosos se llama a la ambición que espera.

Utterly sure of himself, convinced of his power, certain that the laws that governed other men couldn't touch him, he made straight for any goal he set himself, however rarified and dazzling, even if it were folly for anyone else to even consider it.

A woman who knows what she wants, Adelle always told me, is likely to receive it.

Math plus desire equals who you are.

We had been together as animals were, desperate and driven by a fierce need

She say, Nothing but death can keep me from it. She never write.

In one way, what I saw in those mirrors was the self trapped inside the self, forever. But in another way, the self in the mirror was opening out, in an infinite unfurling. I am the one whose drive is being thwarted. And I am the one who is thwarting it.

You won't accomplish anything sitting around wishing. You've got to do things.

Rising early. Of course. The second greatest virtue. It comes just behind ruthlessness.

A man's worst enemies are his own ambitions.

Learn to cherish the chase as much as you treasure the trophy.

the Olympic podium-placers did these things: ?Paid meticulous attention to their goals ?Had a strong inner drive to stay ahead of the competition ?Concentrated on excellence ?Were not distracted by other people or athletes ?Shrugged off their own failures ?Rebounded from defeat easily ?Never self-flagellated ?Celebrated their wins ?Analyzed the reasons for their success ?Were very confident of their abilities