Driven Quotes · Page 10

Those in pursuit of Why are inspired to do what is right. Those in pursuit of What are driven to do what…

— Simon Sinek

Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish…

— James Joyce

The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“My will and my desire were both revolved, as is a wheel in even motion driven, by Love, which moves the sun…

— Dante

Predictions of failure have never stopped those whose ambitions are driven by their unwavering vision.

— Nabil N Jamal

So for those of you who haven't read any of my five best-selling books: Liberals are driven by Satan and lie constantly.

— Ann Coulter

I'm certainly driven, I hate losing, I can be ruthless and short-tempered and terribly competitive.

— Alastair Campbell

All of the great geniuses of the world were inspired and driven by their desire to enrich the lives of others.

— Robin Sharma

I was raised as a Calvinist, which is doctrine-driven. And though there are many things wrong with Calvinism, you are at least…

— Paul Schrader

For years, it's driven me crazy that women don't have better roles, especially in comedies. I know so many funny women but…

— Paul Feig

I don't think he'd [Andy Warhol] be that amazed because he was so driven to be the Picasso of the second half…

— Bob Colacello

The revolution has overthrown the monarchy, true! But perhaps this means that the revolution simply has driven the skin disease inside the…

— Maxim Gorky

More than sex. More than money. You know, life is not endless is it? Cash, cars, cocaine, and girls. It's more than…

— Jeanette Winterson

As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the…

— Anonymous

The concept of writing a novel and not knowing where it's going - I don't know how to do that. Novels are…

— John Irving

I feel myself driven towards an end that I do not know. As soon as I shall have reached it, as soon…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is certain that the Jew, if he desired-or if they were driven to it, as the antisemites seem to wish-could now…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I've always been a fan of the 19th century novel, of the novel that is plotted, character-driven, and where the passage of…

— John Irving

As Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop level in Iraq without…

— George W. Bush

One of the most extraordinary things about industrial society of the present day is its idiot lack of memory. Tabloids and movies…

— John Dos Passos

It applies in any business. Shoemakers should be run by shoe guys, and software firms by software guys, and supermarkets by supermarket…

— Bob Lutz

I steal into their dreams," he said. "I steal into their most shameful thoughts, I'm in every shiver, every spasm of their…

— Roberto Bolano

I'm character-driven. If it's a great character and something different; because I find that a lot of the times you do get…

— A. J. Cook

The majority of companies on this planet are publicly driven engines. They're always the last ones to change. They're not only the…

— Horst Rechelbacher

BRICS should be driven by 'People to People' contact. It should explore developing innovative mechanisms of Youth engagement.

— Narendra Modi

My younger self was driven by the desire to be extremely successful.

— Julie Sweet

It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies - character-driven stuff.

— Tatiana Maslany

I was very driven to act from a very young age, and my parents were not only tolerant of that drive but…

— Claire Danes

I don't think you want political parties that are entirely driven by some extremely doctrinal ideology.

— William Kristol

Every swindle is driven by a desire for easy money; it's the one thing the swindler and the swindled have in common.

— Mitchell Zuckoff

Great achievers are driven, not so much by the pursuit of success, but by the fear of failure.

— Larry Ellison

And when I first came out from New York, I hadn't driven in a long time. Now I'm like Joe Speedster.

— Calista Flockhart

Variant: I was driven to drink by a woman. I am forever grateful, yet I never had the good manners to thank…

— W. C. Fields

I was very driven, very focused, very ambitious. I mean, when I look back on myself in my 20s, part of me…

— Anna Quindlen

I am driven by great work and seeing people do incredible things and having a part in that.

— Tim Cook

I have a lot of passion. I have a lot of pride. I think I do get that from my family. But…

— Aerin Lauder

In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.

— Julia Gillard

I think artists are driven by the engine of their own talent, but it's a question of what use they put it…

— Tim Curry

I could not help concluding this man had the most supreme pleasure while he was driven so fast and so smoothly by…

— James Cook

The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.

— Aristotle