Desire To Achieve Quotes - Page 2

• Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Perseverance, Determination, Procrastination

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• A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Witty, Goal

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.286, Hamilton Books

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• You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as you dominant aspiration.

  James Allen

  Inspirational, Greatness, Desire

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• Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat. When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

  Napoleon Hill

  Strong, Fire, Mind

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

  Michelangelo

  Life, Success, Leadership

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• I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Nike Culture : The Sign of the Swoosh". Book by Robert Goldman, Stephen Papson (p. 49), 1998.

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

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Success, Dream

  "The Law of Success". Book by Napoleon Hill, 1928.

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• The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When desire dies, fear is born.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Anxiety, Desire, Born

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.115, Shambhala Publications

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• Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Motivational, Philosophical, Art Of War

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). “The Prince”, p.106, FastPencil Inc

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• Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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  Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.

  Plato

  Plato, Desire, Three

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• Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

  W. Clement Stone

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude". Book by W. Clement Stone and Napoleon Hill (Chapter 2: You Can Change Your World), 1960.

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• Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Napoleon Hill (2016). “Napoleon Hill's Keys to Personal Achievement: An Official Publication of The Napoleon Hill Foundation”, p.88, Sound Wisdom

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

  Laozi

  Motivational, Wisdom, Determination

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• If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Desire, Poor Richard, Seems

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.24, Nayika Publishing

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• Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

  Frank Jackson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Determination

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Eark Nightingale, Claude M. Bristol, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS02”, p.144, Lulu.com

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• You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.

  Wayne Gretzky

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Business, Temporary Defeat

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• All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination.

  Napoleon Hill

  Temporary Defeat, Imagination, Waiting

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• Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compassion and charity of the American people should be reflected in this legislation, though sadly, they are silenced.

  Nick Rahall

  Compassion, People, Desire

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• You haven't changed. You may say: 'I'm full of love, I'm full of truth, I'm full of knowledge, I'm full of wisdom.' I say: 'That's all nonsense. Do you behave? Are you free of fear? Are you free of ambition, greed, envy and the desire to achieve success in every field? If not, you are just playing a game. You are not serious.'

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Truth, Fear, Ambition

  Jiddu Krishnamurti, Allan W. Anderson (1991). “A Wholly Different Way of Living”, p.243, Krishnamurti Foundation Trust Ltd.

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• The desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Desire, Economics, Achieve

  "Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World" by Margaret Thatcher, New York: HarperCollins, (p. 327), 2002.

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