Willa Cather Quotes

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

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

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

Ambition is a beautiful thing.

I've learned from my experience that desire is 80% of achievement. That if you really, really want something, if you really, really, really want to do something, that the vast majority of achieving it is wanting it. I mean, really wanting it. Not a preference, and not, "Gee, I hope this." I mean really wanting it. It is the desire that makes you do what you have to do to achieve.

If you have ambition, you might not achieve anything, but without ambition, you are almost certain not to achieve anything.

Goals determine what you're going to be.

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

Great hopes make great men.

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

Anything is possible as long as you have the passion.

When people have passion there's nothing they can't do.

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

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

Ever since I was 7 years old, I wanted to be great.

Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.

Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something.

Ambition is a form of creativity.

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

All you need is the desire, passion, and will to fulfil your dreams!

In life, passion is the secret to success.

Each success gives me the adrenaline to move to another film.

One's desire, not ability, determines success.

Desire creates the power.

I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it.