Quotes About Drive

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

If you're alive, kick into drive. Chase whimsies. See if you can turn dreams into a way to make a living, if not an entire way of life.

Carl pulled up in a green Honda Civic, a surprisingly ugly car, considering how nondescript it was. It looked like the kind of car that a man who sold calendars door-to-door would drive.

Thinking about something and not going for it is like swimming without moving

Doing what you wanted to do was the only training, and the only preliminary, needed for doing more of what you wanted to do.

I create my own path. It was straight and narrow. I looked at it this way: you were either in my way, or out of it.

I'm not the most talented. I'm not the tallest. I'm not the strongest. But I will outwork you.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

I'm chasing perfection.

There is only one quality that makes humans truly human and that is their will.

I really, specifically, love acting, and I think it's a really cool thing to be really indulgent and follow that. I have a lot of ambitions in life, but for the next few years, I just want to be an actor. That's a lucky opportunity, and that drives me to want to be good at that.

This time I really am going to light the world on fire,' she said, laughing. 'I finally have a fucking match.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud

Il mio voler sol di volere intende

Passion is the thing that will help you create the highest expression of your talent. —LARRY SMITH, TEDx, NOVEMBER 2011

People cannot inspire others unless and until they are inspired themselves.

The first step to inspiring others is to make sure you're inspired yourself.

Passion fuels the rocket; vision directs the rocket to its ultimate destination.

Vision drive innovation and keeps the energy level high when the inevitable setbacks occur.

When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.

This is something I know for a fact: You have to work hardest for the things you love most.

They'd had no interest in proving themselves. They just did what they loved—with tremendous drive and enthusiasm—and it led where it led.

What eventually set him apart was his mindset and drive. He never stopped being the curious, tinkering boy looking for new challenges.

Somebodies are not determined by whether they won or lost. Somebodies are people who go for it with all they have.