Drive
The pull of drive is a quiet fire—something that hums beneath the surface, turning small efforts into relentless motion until the task, the dream, or the habit becomes an extension of the self. These quotes capture the tension between will and weariness, the moment when persistence feels like a second nature.
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“I think it's impossible to drive a Formula One car with one hand.”
Robert Kubica“Jeremy can't do anything. I've never discovered anything he can do. I mean, he can drive a car round a track pretty well, but he wouldn't be able to light a fire.”
James May“I'm not one of those people who thinks they simply deserve success. I have the drive to work.”
Bridget Moynahan“The guys that have that drive, that work ethic, make it farther and farther.”
Dan Gronkowski“Yes, we have prototyped cars that can drive by themselves, but without smart vision, they cannot really tell the difference between a crumpled paper bag on the road, which can be run over, and a rock that size, which should be avoided.”
Fei-Fei Li“Whatever your passion is, keep doing it. Don't waste time chasing after success or comparing yourself to others. Every flower blooms at a different pace. Excel at doing what your passion is and only focus on perfecting it. Eventually people will see what you are great at doing, and if you are truly great, success will come chasing after you.”
Suzy Kassem“If Christians realized that God Himself in the person of the Holy Spirit really dwells within our bodies, we would be far more careful about what we eat, drink, look at, or read. No wonder Paul said, “I beat my body and make it my slave” [1 Corinthians 9:27 NIV]. This should drive us to our knees in confession.”
Billy Graham“Fit experts envision a future in which you'd carry your body scan in your cell phone or on a thumb drive, using the data to order clothes online or find them in stores. But who's going to pay for all those scanners, which cost about $35,000 each, and the staff to run them?”
Virginia Postrel“I'm so ready you could drive a truck straight up my ass and I would bend over and push back until it was in to the rear bumper.”
Cameron Dane“I have about as much control over how I look as the guy who's short and looks more like a character actor - we both have the same drive to be actors and we both have the same drive to assume these different characters, it's just harder for me to get the chance because they look at me and say, 'Oh, he's this type,' and they stamp me.”
Armie Hammer“Anything that doesn't take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.”
Cormac McCarthy“Let all your moments of self-doubt, fear, or disappointment fuel your drive to be great.”
Devin McCourty“Millennials aren't buying cars anymore. They don't want to drive. They don't want to own these cars. They don't want that inconvenience.”
Travis Kalanick“As a leader, you must consistently drive effective communication. Meetings must be deliberate and intentional - your organizational rhythm should value purpose over habit and effectiveness over efficiency.”
Chris Fussell“Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars... Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
Martin Luther King Jr.“I'll just drive around if I'm stuck on something or have a case of writer's block.”
Maren Morris“A lot of fitness has that very masculine energy and drive, and that never worked for me. I want to be challenged. I don't want to be told that I'm terrible and that I suck and that I'm not good enough - that's not motivating.”
Mary Helen Bowers“Life's too short, drive it like ya stole it!”
Debra L. Hartmann“Acting as the facilitator - providing resources, latest polling, data insights and donations in the biggest drive yet to equalise the ability of Remain parties and free-thinking independent MPs - Unite to Remain will help to break through the first-past-the-post electoral system.”
Heidi Allen“I have a distinct air of myself standing amidst such a crowd of people. My eyes set above, looking at the tall building if it bespeaks a promising note. I don’t know how fair is life, All I know is I have a plan to alter the face of it, the way I choose. A purpose, a driving motive, and an obsession.”
Parul Wadhwa