It’s not all about talent

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

Don Zimmer

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A strong desire

A wish is a desire without energy.

Paramanhansa Yogananda

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Control and aspiration

You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration

James Allen

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A mantra

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity. Reduce selfishness, have few desires.

Lao Tzu

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Find your passion

Strong, deeply rooted desire is the starting point of all achievement.

Napoleon Hill

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Pushed by desire

Champions are propelled by desire, not compelled by fear.

Denis Waitley

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Attack the right things

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.

Aristotle

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Make a run for it!

Our real duty is always found running in the direction of our worthiest desires.

Randolph Bourne

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Desire

A man of ability and the desire to accomplish something can do anything.

Donald Kircher

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You need desire!

Double-Quote time!

You need a strong desire in order to achieve greatness! Here are two awesome quotes to back this up:

Great success comes only with great ambition.

Jackie Chan

And

If your desire is pale and flabby, your achievements will also take on that hue and consistency. But, if you go after your subject with persistence, and with the energy of a bulldog after a cat, nothing underneath the Milky Way will defeat you!

Andrew Carnegie

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