Stay Relentlessly Driven Quotes

“We must not wait for permission to begin.”

“Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power, a reason to get up every morning.”

“To follow, without halt, one aim: that’s the secret of success.”

“The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”

“Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.”

“Follow your dream as long as you live, do not lessen the time of following desire, for wasting time is an abomination of the spirit.”

“It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.”

“The future does not belong to those who are content with today.”

“Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that’s in us.”

“The speed of your success is limited only by your dedication and what you’re willing to sacrifice.”

“A river cuts through rock not because of its power but its persistence.”

“The person who holds in mind a burning desire for the achievement of a definite purpose is sure to find ways and means of realizing it.”

“The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.”

“If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working for it.”

“You can motivate by fear. And you can motivate by reward. But the only lasting thing is self-motivation.”

“Do it with passion, or not at all.”

“Restlessness is discontent, and discontent is the first necessity of progress.”

“Courage to start and willingness to keep everlasting at it are the requisites for success.”

“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”

“The path to greatness is paved with relentless curiosity”

“The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.”

“When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”

“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.”

“What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.”

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”

“Success is never final.”

“Most people are cursed with a combination of too much want and too little won’t.”

“Dreams and dedication are a powerful combination.”

“Be proud, but never satisfied.”

“The difference between one person and another is not mere ability - it’s energy.”

“A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.”

“Dreams don’t work unless you do.”

“It is only when a person has his own generator that we can talk about motivation. He then needs no outside stimulation. He wants to do it.”

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential, these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.”

“We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform.”

“In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.”

“Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week”

“How am I to know what I can achieve if I quit?”

“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”

“He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.”

“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to meet it.”

“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”

“Creativity is the natural extension of our enthusiasm.”

“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”

“There is no genius without a touch of madness, and no greatness without relentless drive.”

“Once you learn to quit, it becomes a habit.”

“Nothing comes easy. Success doesn’t just drop on your lap. You have to go out and fight for it every day”

“Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.”

“Never relinquish the initiative.”

“Real motivation is that drive from within: You know where you are going because you have a compelling image inside, not a travel poster on the wall.”

“Careers, like rockets, don’t always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running.”

“Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.”

“Enthusiasm is the vital moving force that impels action.”

“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”

“The man who is intent upon making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.”

“Success and rest don’t sleep together.”

“There is only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give everything.”

“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”

“Being the best is 10x harder, but produces 100x the results.”

“You have to bring—for the most part—energy to your job every moment of the day, every waking hour, because it’s motivating.”

“It’s fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.”

“For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.”

“All day long the superior man is creatively active.”

“The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen endeavor.”

“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.”

“Making it happen is a very difficult thing. And it demands, really, extraordinary energy, self-belief, and determination.”

“Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.”

“Obstacles can’t stop you, problems can’t stop you, most of all other people can’t stop you. Only you can stop you.”

“My only secret is that I never quit doing it.”

“It’s better to wear out than to rust out.”

“You are competing against yourself. Not against the other athlete.”

“Without passion you don’t have energy, without energy you have nothing.”

“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.”

“Dreams can come true, but there is a secret. They’re realized through the magic of persistence, determination, commitment, passion, practice, focus and hard work. They happen a step at a time, manifested over years, not weeks.”

“Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.”

“In life you need either inspiration or desperation.”

“Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.”

“I will prepare and some day my chance will come.”

“Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.”

“Find what interests you and that you can do well, and put your whole soul into it — every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.”

“Don’t count the days, make the days count.”

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing - that’s why we recommend it daily.”

“There’s no abiding success without commitment.”

“You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.”

“Remember that guy that gave up? Neither does anyone else.”

“The starting point of all achievement is desire.”

“The one thing that matters is the effort.”

“Life is not about grand gestures. Life is about consistency in the things people can't see.”

“It’s okay to be discouraged. It’s not okay to quit. To know you want to quit but to plant your feet and keep inching closer until you take the impenetrable fortress you’ve decided to lay siege to in your own life, that’s persistence.”

“If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.”

“Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.”

“There is no substitute for victory.”

“A will finds a way.”

“A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.”

“He that shoots at many things, seldom hits any.”

“If you’re interested, you will do what is convenient; if you’re committed, you’ll do whatever it takes.”

“Drive is a function of how badly you want something and how willing you are to work for it.”

“Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.”

“I will persist until I succeed. Always will I take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another.”

“A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.”

“If things don’t come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.”

“It is not the size of your business that matters; it’s the size of your dedication and determination.”

“Grit is sticking with your future day in, day out and not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years.”

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

“A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.”

“The amount of negativity I hear on a daily basis is unbelievable. But that’s the kind of stuff you have to tune out, focus, stick with your vision and keep plugging every day”

“I think the most important trait for an entrepreneur is persistence. When you try to do something new and difficult, you are more likely to fail than to succeed.”

“It is better to risk starving to death than surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?”

“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”

“The best relationships are not built on big gestures, but on small consistent responses... The quiet loyalty when no one is watching.”

“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.”

“Obsessed is the word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.”

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

“When we’re determined to reach an objective, it’s the gap between where we are and where we aspire to be that lights a fire under us.”

“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”

“Where the determination is, the way can be found.”

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.”

“Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.”

“What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life.”

“Be better than you are. Set a goal that seems unattainable, and when you reach that goal, set another one even higher.”

“Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.”

“What are you here to do? What are you uniquely good at? Add to that the importance of doing it persistently, being dogged. There are massive returns to doggedness.”

“There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.”

“Failure will not overcome me so long as my will to succeed is stronger.”

“You should not lead one life in private and another in public.”

“Optimism, pessimism, forget that; we’re going to make it happen. As God as my bloody witness, I’m hell-bent on making it work.”

“Ambition is the steam that drives men forward on the road to success.”

“If you’re unwilling to leave someplace you’ve outgrown, you will never reach your full potential.”

“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desire to reach their potential.”

“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed.”

“The fire you walk through doesn’t burn you, it forges you.”

“Deserve your dream.”

“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.”

“Hunger is the best motivator; stay hungry and you will never stop climbing.”

“Great ambition without effort means nothing.”

“Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse-sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.”

“Don’t follow your passion, but always bring it with you.”

“When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you; you have to win it.”

“Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm lights the switch.”

“To be the best, whether in sports or business or any other aspect of life, you have to be relentless. You have to lock in on your goal and refuse to let anyone or anything stand in your way. You don't show up to try; you show up to get it done. It is about a savage obsession with excellence.”

“Winning is about outthinking, outworking, and outlasting everyone else”

“Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it.”

“The world bestows its biggest prizes, both in money and honors, for one thing, and that is initiative.”

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

“The magic you’re looking for is in the will of trying and not giving up. The love of your dream is in your heart. Keep going. Because will always finds a way.”

“It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”

“I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.”

“I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.”

“Persistence pushes me to be bold and seek out the opportunities I’ve wanted. It starts by envisioning what you want, no matter how big or small, and believing that you can achieve it.”

“If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.”

“Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment.”

“Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day, until you reach your goal.”

“The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying.”

“Champions come and go, but to be legendary you got to have heart, more heart than the next man, more than anyone in the world.”

“Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.”

“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful.”

“The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.”

“Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.”

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”

“It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.”

“Skills are cheap. Passion is priceless.”

“As long as we are persistent in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow.”

“The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.”

“Do a little more each day than you think you can.”

“When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity.”

“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.”

“Being relentless means demanding more of yourself than anyone else could ever demand of you, knowing that every time you stop, you can still do more. You must do more.”

“You attract what you are, not what you want. If you want great, then be great.”

“The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are: first, hard work; second, stick-to-it-iveness; and third, common sense.”

“The principle is competing against yourself. It’s about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.”

“Every dream that you leave behind is a piece of your future that ceases to exist.”

“Stay hungry, stay foolish.”

“The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.”

“You’ll have time to rest when you’re dead.”

“I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.”

“Persistence turns a bar of iron into a needle.”

“Be uncommon amongst uncommon people.”

“Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.”

“Your job is to be the best that you can possibly be.”

“It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier.”

“Enthusiasm is the steam that drives the engine.”

“If you’re not afraid to fail, you don’t care enough about success.”

“The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.”

“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old. They grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”

“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.”

“The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.”