Edwin Hubbel Chapin Quotes

A man must earnestly want.

Whatever country you're in, you have to want to be in with a chance of winning.

The point is you keep going. You want to. So all the things that make you want to are the point.

Motivation describes your attitude when you would rather do one thing more than another at a particular time.

I don't want to discount talent and ability, but I still maintain that a lot of it is just sheer desire.

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.

Desire creates the power.

It takes a certain level of aspiration before one can take advantage of opportunities that are clearly offered.

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

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

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.

Desire! That's the one secret of every man's career. Not education. Not being born with hidden talents. Desire.

Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it.

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire.

I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

He who does not want does not act.

I really chase the things that I want.

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.

You've got to have this burning desire in your chest to succeed.

Ambition is not what man does... but what man would do.

The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.

The thing that contributes to anyone's reaching the goal he wants is simple wanting that goal badly enough.