Nana Mouskouri Quotes

You can always find time to do the thing you really, really want to do.

Anybody can do anything he wants to if he wants to do it badly enough.

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

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

Guys are so good. It's just about how badly you want it. I want it real bad.

Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.

If you really want something bad enough, if you're really interested in something enough, you know, you just keep working on it.

Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the determination and commitment to unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.

You can have all the talent in the world, but without determination, you won't get very far.

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.

A man must earnestly want.

I enjoy hard work; I love setting goals and achieving them.

Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women

Just the passion to play the game is what kept me going.

To desire with one’s very soul every second of every day to accomplish one’s aim.

I've learned from my experience that desire is 80% of achievement. That if you really, really want something, if you really, really, really want to do something, that the vast majority of achieving it is wanting it. I mean, really wanting it. Not a preference, and not, "Gee, I hope this." I mean really wanting it. It is the desire that makes you do what you have to do to achieve.

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

I think my motto is to always remain focused on what it is that you're trying to accomplish.

If you imagine someone with 100 percent determination and 100 percent intelligence, you can discard a lot of intelligence before they stop succeeding. But if you start discarding determination, you very quickly get an ineffectual and perpetual grad student.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110 percent all the time.

For aspiring actors out there, I would say stay focused and don't let anyone pull you away from your goals. Shoot for the stars so that if you ever fall short you can land on the clouds.

You must be passionate, you must dedicate yourself, and you must be relentless in the pursuit of your goals. If you do, you will be successful.

A man can succeed at almost anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.

I've always said, 'I didn't have a Plan B in life.' I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It's all about desire and passion. At all costs.