Quotes about Drive
to settle down into a job that requires less than your mind's full capacity is to cut your motor and sentence yourself to another kind of motion: decay—that
— Ayn Rand
The man who has no purpose, but has to act, acts to destroy others. That is not the same thing as a productive or creative purpose.
— Ayn Rand
I think that it's a sin to sit down and let your life go, without making a try for it.
— Ayn Rand
Satisfied needs do not motivate.
— Stephen Covey
He who has a 'why' can live with any 'what.
— Stephen Covey
Taking initiative means] recognizing our responsibility to make things happen
— Stephen Covey
Use your R and I!" (resourcefulness and initiative).
— Stephen Covey
Success comes when you do what you love to do, and commit to being the best in your field.
— Brian Tracy
Never confuse movement with action.
— Ernest Hemingway
I called you to live at your best, to pursue righteousness, to sustain a drive toward excellence.
— Eugene Peterson
Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.
— Bill Bradley
You're a leader. It's your job to keep your passion hot. Do whatever you have to do, read whatever you have to read, go wherever you have to go to stay fired up. And don't apologize to anybody.
— Bill Hybels