Quotes About Drive

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how great their other talents.

You didn't fight so hard to survive – and then do nothing with your life.

You write what you are compelled to.

I still can't believe it was news that I get my hair cut at the barbershop. Where else would I get it cut? Why do I drive a pickup truck? What am I supposed to haul my dogs around in, a Rolls-Royce? Nowadays

If I had to single out one element in my life that has made a difference for me, it would be a passion to compete

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.

He is full of purpose, but void of the quality of mind which accomplishes purpose.

talk was cheap and useless. Action was what mattered. And me, I was moving. Now, again, always.

A sky still fits the ignition. There just isn't anything left to drive.

The ability to work hard and make sacrifices comes naturally to those who know exactly what they want.

Success caused passion more than passion caused success.

You already know that when your energy is right you perform better at everything you do, including school, work, sports, and even your personal life. Energy is good. Passion is bullshit.

Winning is like sex—the spirit inevitably craves the next occasion.

Man muss immer tun, was man nicht lassen kann.

One must be something in order to do something.

Learn how to get the fire going. The drive to go forward is more important than your intelligence. That's how you can get anything you want in life.

It is not strength, but desire, that governs the world.

The whole idea of motivation is a trap. Forget motivation. Just do it. Exercise, lose weight, test your blood sugar, or whatever. Do it without motivation. And then, guess what? After you start doing the thing, that's when the motivation comes and makes it easy for you to keep on doing it.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

Hunger not to have, but to be

Purpose is the engine, the power that drives and directs our lives.

There's a competitive fire inside me. I can't get enough. I live to compete daily in my own life.

When you exercise your will power you release the power of life energy - not when you merely wish passively to be able to obtain an objective.