Drive Quotes

“A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“We are all beautiful instruments of God. He created many notes in music so that we would not be stuck playing the same song. Be music always. Keep changing the keys, tones, pitch, and volume of each of the songs you create along your journey and play on. Nobody will ever reach ultimate perfection in this lifetime, but trying to achieve it is a full-time job. Start now and don't stop. Make your book of life a musical. Never abandon obligations, but have fun leaving behind a colorful legacy. Never allow anybody to be the composer of your own destiny. Take control of your life, and never allow limitations implanted by society, tell you how your music is supposed to sound — or how your book is supposed to be written.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“You have to have more than hope to get what you want in life.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Ultimately, the artist and the revolutionary function as they function, and pay whatever dues they must pay behind it because they are both possessed by a vision, and they do not so much follow this vision as find themselves driven by it. Otherwise, they could never endure, much less embrace, the lives they are compelled to lead.”
― James Baldwin

“Do you know what you get when you try to escape? When you drive for miles in a deserted city or swim for hours in a shoreless sea? You get yourself.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“Motivation 1.0 presumed that humans were biological creatures, struggling to obtain our basic needs for food, security and sex.

Motivation 2.0 presumed that humans also responded to rewards and punishments. That worked fine for routine tasks but incompatible with how we organize what we do, how we think about what we do, and how
we do what we do. We need an upgrade.

Motivation 3.0, the upgrade we now need, presumes that humans also have a drive to learn, to create, and to better the world.”
― Daniel H. Pink, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

“Do you ride?” That sounded sort of dirty, and the way he looked at me felt sort of dirty, too. No one ever looked at me like that.
“Why ‘Ghost’?” I asked.
Grasping the top of the car door, he leaned over it and spoke in a dramatic, foreboding voice. “Because she’s so fast she disappears down the streets at night.”
“That sounds dangerous.”
His dimple appeared. “The best things in life are.”
― Jenn Bennett, The Anatomical Shape of a Heart

“What is a goal without a purpose?”
― J.R. Rim

“People who are driven by love will overcome hardships and hurdles in ways that people who are only driven by profit never can.”
― Simon S. Tam

“What differentiates victors and victims are visions and vigor. Victims won't get the vim to step out of their situations.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder

“The book ‘Outliers’ by Malcolm Gladwell talks about the 10,000-hour theory–that almost anyone can master a skill if they dedicate 10,000 hours to it. The same is true for your side hustle. If you put in the right hours–into the right places–then you can build a successful side hustle, too.

The rate at which you put these hours in is up to you. Yes, if you go slower, then it will take longer. But compared to your other option–doing nothing at all–what’s the hurry?

Here’s the tried and true technique I use to put the necessary time into any new project without overwhelming myself:

Set aside 20 minutes–no more!–every single day to work on your project, and protect those 20 minutes with everything you have. Never let anything get in the way of this time.”
― Rebecca Scott, Hustling 101: Selling your Talents without Selling your Soul

“Their doubt is your fuel for dreams. You just have to drive.”
― Criss Jami, Healology

“You are likely to lose the heat of your passion irrespective of how hot it was when you surrender yourself to a leader with lukewarm attitude.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords

“You can’t perform well in what you don’t love to do well. You can lead in what you can’t perform well. To lead well, be sure where you are, is where you supposed to be!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Watchwords

“Men and women who possesses drive record more increase than those who are passive”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Che significa che devo avere l'approvazione di qualcuno? Io sono qualcuno. Io approvo. Quindi do il permesso a me stesso di andare avanti con il mio pieno supporto.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich

“Leaders are optimistic. When you walk with leaders, the spirit of hope will ramble around you and you will feel like “yes, I can break barriers with few blows.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder

“You can drive in your imaginations to make a tour to your future, visit it and see all kinds of good things hiding in there. But you have to take bold actions before you can truly relocate into what you see!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

“Think about what you are passionate about. Dream about it. Write it down. Read it always. Now, live it. Whatever you are passionate about will directly lead you to your purpose!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

“God can communicate to us through powerful feelings. They have an energy that impels us to action. They grip our mind and will not let us go.

What is calling you? What has the voice of God been whispering to you through the desires of your heart? To what are you drawn and constantly compelled to do? It could be that God is opening the eyes of your heart to see something that no one else is seeing, and to do something that others aren’t doing. If that is true, then move forward and let God worry about the how.”
― Tom Payne, A Guide to God's Perplexing Path

“Success will come just as a mere wish when cars begin to manufacture and drive themselves. Believe it or not, "nothing comes out if nothing goes in”!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Daily Drive 365

“Incorrect radiation levels may be able to affect your sex drive and it may be proven in the future that human sex drive is governed more by radiation types and levels than any other factor, even more so than hormones! Generally, a feeling of contentment replaces sexual desire in natural radiation environments.”
― Steven Magee, Electrical Forensics

“The truth is that drive is a force of increase”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Dreams are like holding on to a good book in your hands; you have the full story in your palms, but no matter how much you want to get to the end of the story, you have to go through all the pages first; and you are the writer.”
― T.H Maloa

“Gratitude is the best food and fuel to start anything that you need to do - it will nourish and sustain you...and others too. Hankering will leave you hungry - or with with heart, head or belly ache - and tends to have or leave a sour or bitter taste too.”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Passion is the driving element of purpose. When one is possessed with it, labor is not perceived as toil - it is revealed as love.”
― T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph over Death and Conscious Encounters With the Divine Presence

“The heart has the ability to drive your reality, put into action by your thoughts and intuition.”
― Steven Redhead, Unleash The Power of Your Heart and Mind

“Today is the anniversary of my husband’s death," Maria announced. It was a dramatic statement, but the occasion seemed to demand it. "And I am going to leave.”
― Sara Sheridan, On Starlit Seas

“Learning how to drive an automatic is like learning how to do a girl push-up.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park