Quotes About Drive

The whole of the libido is needed for the battle of life.

and persuasive when what he really wanted to do was get going. He said,

It's natural, at first, to resist this idea, as it's undoubtedly easier to continue to allow the twin forces of internal whim and external requests to drive your schedule. But you must overcome this distrust of structure if you want to approach your true potential as someone who creates things that matter.

intermittent positive reinforcement and the drive for social approval.

Mike, who is competitive by nature, tackled the project with intensity, driven by the belief that the better he did now, the better his options would be later.

You know, Mr. Moore, you wouldn't figure a stinkhole this city to have so many start over it. Seems like the smell'd be enough to drive 'em away...

When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.

proof that the muzzling of motivation only makes for mediocrity, that every man needs a purpose.

Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument. To perform this difficult office it is sometimes necessary for him to sacrifice happiness and everything that makes life worth living for the ordinary human being.

From the great Jack London: "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." What inspires you?

It is my job-no,-my privilege-to make the fire become an inferno. -Gray

We went to Arizona to film the interiors of Stir Crazy in an actual prison. From Tucson, where we all stayed, it was an hour-and-a-half drive to the Arizona State Penitentiary. Sidney used real prisoners as extras. They had all been cleared by the prison authorities to work with us, and each prisoner was paid for every day he worked.

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

Nothing great in the world was accomplished without passion.

We may affirm absolutely that nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.

I don't want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance.

I don't want people who want to dance. I want people who have to dance.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

A great devotee of the Gospel of Getting On.

Danger, the spur of all great minds.

Decide what you want and go for it, Fred, it's just a matter of will power! I remember you saying that to me more than once.' I did not recall saying this nor did it sound like anything which anyone would say more than once, assuming he had ever had the misfortune to say it at all, but I was glad that Freddie had such rosy memories.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.