Haruki Murakami Quotes

Motivation means we have an idea and we are going to carry through on that idea. We work hard at it, and we are disciplined.

I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.

If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.

Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women

It's truly amazing to see where determination and drive will lead you.

I never quit until I get what I want.

The more reasons you have for achieving your goal, the more determined you will become.

If I put my mind to something and really want it, I'll go after it and get it.

Never give up on what you really want to do

I was taught that everything is attainable if you are prepared to give up, to sacrifice, to get it. Whatever you want to do, you can do it, if you want it badly enough . . .

Anything is possible as long as you're focused, determined and you really want to do it.

Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.

If you really want something bad enough, if you're really interested in something enough, you know, you just keep working on it.

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.

I had that laser focus, identified what I wanted when I was a kid, and never let anything get in my way. If you look on paper at who I am and what I sound like, and what I look like, you wouldn't say, 'Go into broadcasting.' It's just what I wanted to do - I knew that I could do it, and I never let anyone tell me that I couldn't.

When you want something bad enough, you work your butt off for it.

You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.

I tried four times to get into the Central School of Speech and Drama before I got accepted. I started when I was 17, which was too young, in retrospect, and finally went when I was 21. I just kept plugging away. Determined? Yeah, I think I was.

You must be passionate, you must dedicate yourself, and you must be relentless in the pursuit of your goals. If you do, you will be successful.

I've always been very driven and knew that to get where I wanted to go, I could never give up.

Goals seem impossible only when you are not heading toward them.

I have too much drive and determination to let anything falter me. Because I know that life's short and there's so much that I wanna do, and I can't do anything that might hold me back or get stuck in.

If you really want it, you need to really work for it.

By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.