Lucy Maud Montgomery Quotes

A lot of drive is innate, self-perpetuated, reinforced energy. As a kid, I could always sell anything I could get my hands on - from newspapers to lemonade to 'TV Guide.' I knew how to make a presentation.

I grew up on the East Coast, and we always used to say, 'Go get your hustle on,' whether it was playing sports or making money. You do what you have to do to do what you want to do.

Passion, not pedigree, will win in the end.

Motivation is the fuel, necessary to keep the human engine running.

That's the way it is: you have to show your initiative, you have to show talent and availability, and still have an awful lot of luck.

I just think a hustler's ambition is that I never stop. I start off hustling and said I'll never stop hustling. An ambitious hustler is the one to hustle the hustlers. When I grew up, my heroes were hustlers. Now I'm their hero.

I'm the kind of person who doesn't wait for opportunities to fall from the sky.

If I want something, I go after it.

If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all.

Determination is kind of like rhythm: you can't teach it.

What people can excel our Northern and New England brethren in skill, invention, activity, energy, perseverance, and enterprise?

If you have drive and energy, everything is possible.

I'm not anybody's judge; I don't know what motivates people to do what they do. But I have a lot of admiration for anybody who can start with absolutely nothing and make a little something out of it.

I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster.

The vision, determination, stamina, hope, relentlessness, and sheer work that are involved in staying afloat, much less succeeding, are the same whether you are running a window on 47th Street or Miramax Films or Microsoft.

At Uber, we say, 'Always be hustling.' Even if you are an introvert and you haven't got hustle in you, you better get a co-founder who does. And if you haven't got enough hustle to find a co-founder who's got hustle, it's going to be tough. You've got to have a little hustle in you.

I've been competitive from day one. It's in my nature. Whether people recognize that or not, I don't know how they can't. I'm not gonna go out there and try to hurt somebody or win by all means. But if it's up in the air, I'm gonna try harder than you to get it done.

I am a very driven and hardworking person, and I am independent, and I feel that I have really good instincts.

I am very motivated, I always want to play.

I've always been driven, and I like the creative aspect of figuring things out.

It doesn't matter how tall you are if you have heart and you're a competitor.

I'm not going to sit on the couch in my house and expect everything to come, I know that I must continue to work hard.

When you fight for something, you fight the good fight. You go for it, you never stop. You get knocked down, and you get right back up. That's what we need to be teaching these kids. For that matter, even some adults.

The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start. The fellow who sits still and does just what he is told will never be told to do big things.

Motivation is motive in action.