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Quotes About Drive

Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.
~ Napoleon Hill
One of the chief characteristics of Barnes' Desire was that it was definite.
~ Napoleon Hill
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat. Only by so doing can one be sure of maintaining the state of mind known as a BURNING DESIRE TO WIN, essential to success.
~ Napoleon Hill
The motive of self-preservation The motive of financial gain The motive of love The motive of sexuality
~ Napoleon Hill
I had learned, from years of experience with men, that when a man really desires a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win.
~ Napoleon Hill
nothing to start with, except the capacity to know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he realized
~ Napoleon Hill
I Will Never Stop Because Men Say No.
~ Napoleon Hill
DESIRE OUTWITS MOTHER NATURE
~ Napoleon Hill
Drifting, without aim or purpose, is the first cause of failure.
~ Napoleon Hill
All success begins with definiteness of purpose.
~ Napoleon Hill
Will-power and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair.
~ Napoleon Hill
that state of mind known as a BURNING DESIRE. The easy thing
~ Napoleon Hill
DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning DESIRE to possess it.
~ Napoleon Hill
DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE. Knowing what one wants is the first and, perhaps, the most important step toward the development of persistence. A strong motive forces one to surmount many difficulties.
~ Napoleon Hill
Enthusiasm bears the same relationship to a human being that steam does to the locomotive-it is the vital moving force that impels action. The greatest leaders of men are those who know how to inspire enthusiasm in their followers. Enthusiasm is the most important factor entering into salesmanship. It is, by far, the most vital factor that enters into public speaking.
~ Napoleon Hill
Back of all achievement, back of all self-control, back of all thought control, is that magic something called desire! It is no misstatement of fact to say that you are limited only by the depth of your desires!
~ Napoleon Hill
Sex energy is the creative energy of all genii. There never has been, and never will be a great leader, builder, or artist lacking in this driving force of sex.
~ Napoleon Hill
The most powerful of all human emotions is that of sex. There are other mind stimulants, some of which have been listed, but no one of them, nor all of them combined, can equal the driving power of sex.
~ Napoleon Hill
A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off.
~ Napoleon Hill
Man's greatest motivating force is his desire to please woman!
~ Napoleon Hill
A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.
~ Napoleon Hill
To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to "know" is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do. Enthusiasm is the mainspring of the mind which urges one to put knowledge into action.
~ Napoleon Hill
Back of all this demand for new and better things, there is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
~ Napoleon Hill
What a different story men would have to tell if only they would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming obsession!
~ Napoleon Hill