Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes

If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.

People who know my track record know when I've got a vision in mind, I'll see it through. But sometimes it's hard to convey what you're trying to achieve.

All the greatest men are maniacs. They are possessed by a mania which drives them forward towards thier goal. The great scientists, the philosophers, the religious leaders - all maniacs. What else but a blind singlenee of purpose could have given focus to thier genius, would have kept them in the groove of purpose. Mania... is as priceless as genius.

Virtually nothing can stop a man who has a goal clearly in sight.

Getting rich, or becoming outstanding at anything is all a matter of attitude. You must make up your mind once and for all - you commit yourself - and then just stay with it until you finally have what you set out to get.

Whatever goal, man has reached is due to his originality plus his brutality

Know full well that patience is the best means of succeeds.

Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.

There's always a chance, a goal to make something different and get it right, finally.

By any means necessary.

Concentrate . . . for the greatest achievements are reserved for the man of single aim, in whom no rival powers divide the empire of the soul.

We can't float through life. We can't be incidental or accidental. We must fix our gaze on a guiding star as soon as one comes upon the horizon and once we have attached ourselves to that star we must keep our eyes on it and our hands upon the plow. It is the consistency of the pursuit of the highest possible vision that you can find in front of you that gives you the constancy, that gives you the encouragement, that gives you the way to understand where you are and why it's important for you to do what you can do.

Do not turn back when you are just at the goal.

To see one's goal and to drive toward it, steeling one's heart, is most uplifting.

Achievement requires more than a vision - it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. All you have got to do is plant that seed in your mind, care for it, work steadily toward your goal, and it will become a reality

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Set your goals and go out and do what you need to do to get it.

Success is the progressive, timely achievement of your stated goals.

Character never quits; and with patience and persistence; Dreams do come true!

To set and work toward any goal is an act of courage.

I believe that perseverance is vital to success in any endeavor, whether spiritual or temporal, large or small, public or personal. . . . All significant achievement results largely from perseverance.

No one ever achieved a goal by being interested in its achievement. One must be committed.

If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him. Ignoranti quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est.

The ability to work hard and make sacrifices comes naturally to those who know exactly what they want.

You must see your goals clearly and specifically before you can set out for them. Hold them in your mind until they become second nature.