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The things we do without the fear of failure and the desire for success are the purest acts we'll ever do
Oct 1, 2025
The desire for success lubricates secret prostitution in the soul.
You must find another reason to work, other than the desire for success or recognition. It must come from another place.
Fear of failure is at least as common as the desire for success. In fact, if harnessed properly, it can be the energy that drives the wheel.
In the beginning, I thought that women needed protection, on a style level, to have the right impact to let them realize their desire for success. Now, many years later, women no longer need a masculine uniform. Women have changed.
Research indicates that the desire to achieve the skills associated with success is more highly correlated with achievement than the desire for success itself.
Cultivate your desire for success to be greater than the fear of failure; Failure is merely a pitstop between where you stand and success. Failure allows you to learn the fastest; Failure inspires winners and defeats losers.
As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to money; not caution but courage and a contempt for danger; not shrewdness but frankness and a love of truth; not tact but love for one's neighbor and self-denial; not a desire for success but a desire to be and to know.
People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases is stronger than the DESIRE for success.
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants 'success consciousness' which, in turn, creates a vigorous and ever-increasing 'habit of success'.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.
In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.
When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.
The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size of your dream; and how you handle disappointment along the way.
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.
To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.
The strong desire for success is the best indication that you can achieve success.
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
You can have anything you want
With a positive attitude, you can be anything you want to be.
You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough.
You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
The desire for success is inherent within all of us. It is a part of our nature to want to grow, to improve the quality of our lives. However, nothing improves by accident, it requires conscious attention. When you are being bombarded by negatives, improvement, growth and success are easy to forget.
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
Do what you love and believe in, and work hard.
The starting point of all achievement is desire.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
If you can dream it, you can make it so.
If you can dream it, you can do it. Your limits are all within yourself.
If you can dream it, you can achieve it.
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.
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