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“Be proud, but never satisfied.”
“Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.”
“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.”
“Dedication is not what others expect of you, it is what you can give others.”
“Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse-sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.”
“The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.”
“Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.”
“A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.”
“Hunger is the best motivator; stay hungry and you will never stop climbing.”
“I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.”
“Do a little more each day than you think you can.”
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
“Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.”
“I do not know the word quit. Either I never did, or I have abolished it.”
“Enthusiasm is the vital moving force that impels action.”
“If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.”
“The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.”
“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.”
“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you; you have to win it.”
“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.”
“The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen endeavor.”
“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.”
“Things won are done, joy's soul lies in the doing.”
“When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”
“It's not the winning that brings the noise, it's the noise that brings the winning.”
“What hunger is in relation to food, zest is in relation to life.”
“The difference between one person and another is not mere ability - it's energy.”
“The path to greatness is paved with relentless curiosity”
“If you can't stop thinking about it, don't stop working for it.”
“People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily.”
“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.”
“Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.”
“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.”
“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.”
“Enthusiasm is that secret and harmonious spirit which hovers over the production of genius.”
“Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities. They vary in their desire to reach their potential.”
“A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.”
“People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.”
“Making it happen is a very difficult thing. And it demands, really, extraordinary energy, self-belief, and determination.”
“Enthusiasm is the steam that drives the engine.”
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”
“Restlessness is discontent, and discontent is the first necessity of progress.”
“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.”
“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.”
“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.”
“To follow, without halt, one aim: that's the secret of success.”
“Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.”
“Dreams don't work unless you do.”
“The man who is intent upon making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.”
“A will finds a way.”
“The one thing that matters is the effort.”
“Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.”
“It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier.”
“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.”
“The speed of your success is limited only by your dedication and what you're willing to sacrifice.”
“Grit is sticking with your future day in, day out and not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years.”
“Creativity is the natural extension of our enthusiasm.”
“Ambition is the steam that drives men forward on the road to success.”
“It is not the size of your business that matters; it's the size of your dedication and determination.”
“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old. They grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.”
“Your job is to be the best that you can possibly be.”
“Deserve your dream.”
“Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.”
“Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.”
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
“You can't wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.”
“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.”
“If you're not afraid to fail, you don't care enough about success.”
“Don't follow your passion, but always bring it with you.”
“In life you need either inspiration or desperation.”
“Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.”
“My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing”
“Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion”
“I don't stop when I'm tired. I stop when I'm done.”
“He who has a firm will molds the world to himself.”
“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.”
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
“A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.”
“Every dream that you leave behind is a piece of your future that ceases to exist.”
“Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power, a reason to get up every morning.”
“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.”
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.”
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'”
“Success is never final.”
“Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day, until you reach your goal.”
“What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time.”
“The world bestows its biggest prizes, both in money and honors, for one thing, and that is initiative.”
“The principle is competing against yourself. It's about self-improvement, about being better than you were the day before.”
“We are really competing against ourselves. We have no control over how other people perform.”
“Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
“Persistence turns a bar of iron into a needle.”
“For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.”
“When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”
“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”
“Dreams and dedication are a powerful combination.”
“Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.”
“Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.”
“I’ve always believed that success comes from hard work and determination”
“The investor of today does not profit from yesterday's growth.”
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”
“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.”
“Be uncommon amongst uncommon people.”
“I do not know anyone who has gotten to the top without hard work. That is the recipe.”
“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.”
“It's fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.”
“In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.”
“Obstacles can't stop you, problems can't stop you, most of all other people can't stop you. Only you can stop you.”
“You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.”
“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.”
“The fire you walk through doesn't burn you, it forges you.”
“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.”
“Courage to start and willingness to keep everlasting at it are the requisites for success.”
“My only secret is that I never quit doing it.”
“Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running.”
“Intelligence without ambition is like a bird without wings.”
“Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.”
“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.”
“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.”
“How am I to know what I can achieve if I quit?”
“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”
“Success and rest don't sleep together.”
“Nothing comes easy. Success doesn’t just drop on your lap. You have to go out and fight for it every day”
“As long as we are persistent in our pursuit of our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow.”
“Great ambition without effort means nothing.”
“Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm. It is the genius of sincerity, and truth accomplishes no victories without it.”
“I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.”
“A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.”
“It is better to risk starving to death than surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?”
“Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.”
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It's yours.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.”
“There is no substitute for victory.”
“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.”
“Stay hungry, stay foolish.”
“There is no genius without a touch of madness, and no greatness without relentless drive.”
“Obsessed is the word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.”
“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.”
“Without passion you don't have energy, without energy you have nothing.”
“Remember that guy that gave up? Neither does anyone else.”
“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful.”
“There's no abiding success without commitment.”
“Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose.”
“Winning is about outthinking, outworking, and outlasting everyone else”
“People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed.”
“I will prepare and some day my chance will come.”
“When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn't an option. It's a necessity.”
“Most people are cursed with a combination of too much want and too little won't.”
“I’m addicted to winning. The more you win, the more you want to win”
“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.”
“Do it with passion, or not at all.”
“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.”
“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.”
“Being the best is 10x harder, but produces 100x the results.”
“Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week”
“Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it.”
“You'll have time to rest when you're dead.”
“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”
“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”
“There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.”
“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.”
“The future does not belong to those who are content with today.”
“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 better to wear out than to rust out.”
“My formula for success is rise early, work late, and buy Bitcoin”
“There is a powerful driving force inside every human being that, once unleashed, can make any vision, dream, or desire a reality.”
“You can motivate by fear. And you can motivate by reward. But the only lasting thing is self-motivation.”
“The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are: first, hard work; second, stick-to-it-iveness; and third, common sense.”
“The habit of persistence is the habit of victory.”
“You attract what you are, not what you want. If you want great, then be great.”
“A river cuts through rock not because of its power but its persistence.”
“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.”
“Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm lights the switch.”
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
“Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.”
“Nobody has ever given their best and regretted it.”
“It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”
“If you have zest and enthusiasm you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.”
“The only guarantee for failure is to stop trying.”
“Failure will not overcome me so long as my will to succeed is stronger.”
“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”
“Don't count the days, make the days count.”
“Motivation comes from working on things we care about. It also comes from working with people we care about.”
“I learned that if you want to make it bad enough, no matter how bad it is, you can make it.”
“There is only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give everything.”
“Ambition beats genius ninety-nine percent of the time.”
“All day long the superior man is creatively active.”
“Drive is a function of how badly you want something and how willing you are to work for it.”
“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.”
