Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

I've known people with exceptional talent - and some have wasted it. Ambition spurs a man on.

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

I feel that if you have the talent and are hard working, then no one can stop you.

If you work hard and you're somewhat talented, you'll be successful in this league.

Greatness is not the effect of which inspiration is the cause. We are all inspired, but we are all not great.

Fame and fortune should never get in front of your passion. The passion will generate the fame and fortune, if you're good enough.

Success is based on music, not where you're from.

A woman's gifts will make room for her.

I wanted to be successful, not famous.

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

It's seen as dirty to be ambitious. What if U2 weren't ambitious? We wouldn't have that gift we have from them.

If people ask me for the ingredients of success, I say one is talent, two is stubbornness or determination, and third is sheer luck. You have to have two out of the three. Any two will probably do.

Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

Talent is only the starting point.

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

I have to be a star like another man has to breathe.

Success is the only motivational factor that a boy with character needs.

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.