Quotes About Drive

If you are talented, you can really do anything. And if your heart is at the right place and you have the passion for it, you can go for it and do it.

Be talented enough to make it and stupid enough to keep trying.

I've known lots of people that are talented and nothing happens. It's not about talent, it's relentless drive.

What I have is a bunch of really hungry, amazingly talented guys that can kick anybody's rear end.

Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.

Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire.

It sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

Gymnastics, for me, gave me a lot of self-pride: that drive to want to be great at something for myself. But it also gave me a sense of appreciation toward God. Now that I'm getting older, I really appreciate the talents God gave me. Not just physically, but mentally and emotionally.

Don't hesitate or talk about what you want to do. Just do it.

Talk is cheap if it doesn't motivate action.

People have talked down to me, and that fuels my fire.

It doesn't matter how tall you are if you have heart and you're a competitor.

You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off - they're not going to miss it.

There's a moment of silence, then the gates swing open. The last fifty yards up to the circular drive are dicey. The car finally commits seppuku halfway around the circle. Steam geysers from the radiator. Darker things leak from below.

They aren't stupid. Those are going to be tactical tires. There are metal inserts inside the wheels. When a tire goes flat, they can still drive on the insert.

There are people who want to achieve--and then there are sane people.

we were all driven by something that pushed us further than others dared to go. We were mission oriented and would do what we had to do to achieve it.

As has been said elsewhere the architect is the interface between the business and the technology team, the architect must understand every aspect of the technology to be able to represent the team to the business without having to constantly refer others. Similarly the architect must understand the business in order to drive the team toward their goal of serving the business.

whatever you do - his father continued - dream big, take risks, and work harder than whoever else is doing the same thing. Do you know why I've succeeded? not because of talent, I've known writers more gifted than I am. But I was driven to wring every molecule out of whatever talent I possessed. Success is not something you aspire to, you have to grab it by the throat.

There'll be people better and smarter than you, Adam. There always are. Your strength must be to want it more, and let nothing get in the way. They called Robert Kennedy ruthless. But for a few months before he died, when I joined his campaign, I knew Bobby very well, and I can tell you he was most ruthless with himself. That's how you should be.

motivation follows action instead of the other way around.

As long as you remember the whys, the hows will take care of themselves.

The vitality of a human life can be measured by the intensity of one's desire. We know we are truly alive when we experience a drive for the "more" life. Human desire or longing is the source of our spiritual energy.

I've always liked the drive from L.A. to Vegas. Through only a few towns after San Bernardino but a lot of flat, dry desert, much of it on four-lane freeways, then, like a concrete and neon oasis: Fabulous Las Vegas.