Will Rogers Quotes

I think being angry is what keeps me motivated.

Didn't come up here to read. Came up here to hit.

Desire creates the power.

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

I don't know if there are words to describe my motivation.

Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting.

I don't think about the end game. I've got lots to occupy my mind. It's the rage that keeps me going.

I don't know what drives me.

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.

Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

You have your brains, but it's energy and desire that make you write a book.

Burning desire to be or do something gives us staying power - a reason to get up every morning or to pick ourselves up and start in again after a disappointment.

You've got to be a little vicious. You've got to be narcissistic. You've got to be on fire about your career.

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

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

The parts I've been most successful in are the ones I've desperately, desperately wanted.

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.

Get excited and enthusiastic about you own dream. This excitement is like a forest fire - you can smell it, taste it, and see it from a mile away.

Once something is a passion, the motivation is there.

I push for what I think can be the best, and if I feel they're not going for the best, it kills me.

You try it!

So you want this fucking job.

Ambition is a beautiful thing.