Marc Benioff Quotes

I'm stubborn; I know what I want. I'll dedicate all my efforts to achieving it.

Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.

If there is one thing I am, it is very hard-headed. If I want something, I go after it - and I go after it ad nauseum.

When I have my mind set, that's what I'm going to do.

If you stick to something doggedly, you are off to a bad start.

I tend to latch on to things and not let go.

Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.

I am a bull. I am Taurus. My will is awful. If I like something, there is nothing else. I was a pain in the neck. I still am a pain in the neck.

When I want something, I stop at nothing to get what I want, even if it takes a while.

I'm obsessive when I get an idea in my head.

I don't understand why 'obsessive' has a negative connotation, I'm an obsessive and I like it. I get an idea and I stick to it.

When there's something I need to focus on, I'm like a dog with a bone.

You start living for the obsession alone ... You want to arrive somewhere regardless of whether you're enjoying the road or not.

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

The Yankee is one who, if he once gets his teeth set on a thing, all creation can't make him let go.

I can be horrifically single-minded.

You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.

'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

There's a fine line between stubbornness and the positive side of that, which is dogged determination.

I think people get fixated on the example of an idea.

My friends have always called me 'Mr. Thorough,' in that when I get into something, I become obsessed with it.

Well, I'm very stubborn. I think I have common sense; I'm probably at times a bit tunnel-visioned, but I'm strong.

I'm an obsessive. When I get a problem, a question in my mind, it can take me over.

When I believe in something, I'm like a dog with a bone.

Telling me that I can't do something is probably the worst thing that anyone can say, because I'll definitely do it. I'm very determined.