Quotes on Desire To Achieve

The kind of caring that the client-centered therapist desires to achieve is a gullible caring, in which clients are accepted as they say they are, not with a lurking suspicion in the therapist's mind that they may, in fact, be otherwise. This attitude is not stupidity on the therapist's part; it is the kind of attitude that is most likely to lead to trust.

If we desire a society without discrimination, then we must not discriminate against anyone in the process of building this society. If we desire a society that is democratic, then democracy must become a means as well as an end.

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.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

The desire to achieve grand utopian plans often poses a grave threat to freedom.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.

Well,’ you may ask, ‘how may I know when I am in love?’ . . . George Q. Morris [who later became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, gave this reply]: ‘My mother once said that if you meet a girl in whose presence you feel a desire to achieve, who inspires you to do your best, and to make the most of yourself, such a young woman is worthy of your love and is awakening love in your heart.

Nothing stops the man who desires to achieve. Every obstacle is simply a course to develop his achievement muscle. It's a strengthening of his powers of accomplishment.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.