Powell Clayton Quotes

The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history.

Vice: Whatever was passion in the contemplation of man, being brought forth by his will into action.

Enthusiasm moves the world.

Tell me sufficiently why a thing should be done, and I will move heaven and earth to do it.

I want to lead. I want to change. And I'm going to do it.

If you really, truly believe in something, you're on fire, and your tongue rolls at the same pace.

We know what needs to be done - all that is missing is the will to do it.

The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something."

In belief lies the secret of all valuable exertion.

In life you need either inspiration or desperation.

When you want something so badly, you just do it. You don't think about how hard it's going to be.

The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.

If the motivation is gone, then I am finished.

I'm not trying to steer people in a direction. I'm just trying to move them. Wherever it takes them, it doesn't matter to me. I just want them to be moved in one way or another, and that's a hard thing to do, I think.

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.

Enthusiasm will steady the heart and strengthen the will; it will give force to the thought and nerve to the hand until what was only a possibility becomes a reality.

I don't think the players play with the same desire they once did.

I've never been able to relate to apathy. I've always been doing stuff, been in action, making music or working just to get by.

I think it's the person's conviction that really carries a person.

I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.

Skepticism has never founded empires, established principals, or changed the world's heart. The great doers in history have always been people of faith.

For me, leadership is making a difference. It's using your agency to bring about change.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.