Quotes About Determination

Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.

Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.

Desire is the key to motivation.

You must start with desire, keeping in mind that with the magic of believing you can obtain what you picture in your mind's eye.

Desire is what takes the hot water of mediocrity and turns it into the steam of outstanding success.

Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.

To wish is of little account; to succeed you must earnestly desire; and this desire must shorten thy sleep.

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

Verily, there is nothing, right or wrong, which belief, plus burning desire, cannot make real.

I don't want to discount talent and ability, but I still maintain that a lot of it is just sheer desire.

The important thing is the attitude of the athlete, the desire to get to the top.

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

I skate just to satisfy my own desire and not care about other peoples desire for me to do well.

If you have a burning ambition and desire, absolutely anything can be achieved.

If you believe it and desire it, you can acquire it.

To desire with one's very soul every second of every day to accomplish one's aim.

Nothing is impossible that one desires with an indomitable will.

You can do amazing things if you have strong faith, deep desire, and just hang in there.

I have found that great ideas come when you have a great desire to have them.

What is ambition but desire of greatness? And what is greatness but extent of power?

The key that unlocks energy is desire.

My desire to get here [Parliament] was like miners'coal dust, it was under my fingers and I couldn't scrub it out.

To succeed takes more than the desire to win. It also takes the acceptance that we could fail.