Sloan Wilson Quotes

If you have drive and energy, everything is possible.

I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.

The difference between one man and another is not mere ability it is energy.

If you imagine someone with 100 percent determination and 100 percent intelligence, you can discard a lot of intelligence before they stop succeeding. But if you start discarding determination, you very quickly get an ineffectual and perpetual grad student.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.

An energetic man will succeed where an indolent one would vegetate and inevitably perish.

There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry.

Everything boils down to motivation.

If you need things, you work harder to get them.

I'm just a really hardworking person.

You can give a bunch of opportunities to people, but if they are not ambitious, nothing is going to happen.

You can have a strong work ethic. Yes, that's going to take you far. But I think if you have a solid work ethic and a passion, that's different.

You combine hard work, creativity, and self-determination, and things start to happen.

Inspiration and work ethic - they ride right next to each other.

Commitment doesn't guarantee success, but lack of commitment guarantees you'll fall far short of your potential.

You'd be surprised how many shortcomings can be overcome by hustle.

Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

I was always fiercely determined and driven to succeed.

It's all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but it's that determination.

Creativity is incredibly important, but drive is equally so.

No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.