Quotes about Drive
The battle is all over except the shouting when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
— Napoleon Hill
The emotion of sex is an "irresistible force," against which there can be no such opposition as an "immovable body." When driven by this emotion, men become gifted with a super power for action.
— Napoleon Hill
All men have become what they are, because of their dominating thoughts and desires.
— Napoleon Hill
Henry Ford is a success, because he understands, and applies the principles of success. One of these is DESIRE: knowing what one wants.
— Napoleon Hill
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
All success begins with definiteness of purpose.
— Napoleon Hill
DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning DESIRE to possess it.
— Napoleon Hill