Welcome to our collection of inspiring quotes about drives. Drives, whether they stem from ambition, determination, or sheer passion, are the propelling forces behind our actions and accomplishments. They ignite the spark within us, urging us to pursue our goals with relentless fervor and unwavering dedication. Throughout history, great minds and leaders have articulated the power and significance of drives, acknowledging their role in shaping destinies and driving progress.
In the words of renowned thinkers, entrepreneurs, and visionaries, we find wisdom that resonates with the essence of drives. These quotes encapsulate the essence of ambition, perseverance, and the relentless pursuit of excellence. Whether you seek motivation, guidance, or simply a moment of reflection, these quotes offer insights that can inspire and empower you on your journey towards success and fulfillment. Explore the profound wisdom shared by individuals who understood the transformative power of drives, and let their words fuel your own aspirations and endeavors.
Passion provides purpose, but data drives decisions. Andy Dunn
It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success. George Washington Carver
Luxury, not necessity, is the mother of invention. Every artifact is somewhat wanting in its function, and that is what drives its evolution. Henry Petroski
I love how I look. My favorite body part is my butt because that’s where we get all our power from, and that’s what keeps me going up and down the field and drives my explosiveness. I kind of have a bubble butt, but it helps me do what I need to do! Kelley O’Hara
Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time. Albert Camus
Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising. John Lahr
I don’t know what drives me to succeed. Adam Sandler
AT&T is interested in anything that drives more bandwidth requirements, and Apple TV drives significant bandwidth, and the iPhone drives significant bandwidth, and so I think it’s a very logical fit. Randall L. Stephenson
I’m a person who enjoys the hands-on experience of anything I do. Get your hands dirty – that’s the thing that drives and motivates me. Jeff Raikes
What drives you? What’s your motivation? That’s not emotion. That’s passion. It’s a different word. Christopher Voss
The instinct to improve oneself materially is necessary for growth. It is at the fountain of the enterprising spirit which drives private enterprise. Said Musa
If God drives a car, He’d drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a claret-colored vinyl roof, with oxblood leather upholstery and an opera window. Douglas Coupland
It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral benefits to the athlete and inspiration to those lucky enough to witness the athletic dedication. Herb Elliott
The instinct of self-preservation in human society, acting almost subconsciously, as do all drives in the human mind, is rebelling against the constantly refined methods of annihilation and against the destruction of humanity. Bertha von Suttner
What is the intersection between technology, art and science? Curiosity and wonder, because it drives us to explore, because we’re surrounded by things we can’t see. Louie Schwartzberg
No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined. Harry Emerson Fosdick
It’s the fear of failure that drives all of us at Red Bull. Christian Horner
The underbelly of the human psyche, what is often referred to as our dark side, is the origin of every act of self-sabotage. Birthed out of shame, fear, and denial, it misdirects our good intentions and drives us to unthinkable acts of self-destruction and not-so-unbelievable acts of self-sabotage. Debbie Ford
It starts with my family. That drives me every day, just seeing them smiling. Giannis Antetokounmpo
The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters. Conrad Anker
Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds. Sophocles
The beauty of having goals in life is that it drives you and when that is lost you lose a lot of meaning in life. Abhinav Bindra
When I go to my health club, and it’s in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can’t there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It’s in society’s interest for me to take the stairs. Malcolm Gladwell
I have watched every episode of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’… I know a bizarre amount of drag queens now. And it’s weird because one of the guys that drives my tour bus in America drove the drag queen show before me, and I used to just sit there and hear all the stories so I could go tell my girlfriend because I knew what a big fan she was. Jim Jefferies
I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out. Jeff Bezos
I have really bad luck with my thumbs. It plagues me, actually. It drives me crazy! Both of them are very oddly shaped. Kristen Stewart
What I absolutely can’t do is just sit around, that drives me crazy. I go nuts! I’m far too nervous, too high strung to sit around. It’s not my thing; I can’t deal with it! Jonathan Davis
The One Ford plan drives the business to get PGA, Profitable Growth for All, meaning that every year we increase the profits and cash flow. So how do we do that? We serve all the markets around the world with a complete family of vehicles and use the One Ford Plan. Alan Mulally
Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away. Walter Benjamin
We really are creatures of a violent world, biologically speaking – watching violence and learning about it is one of our cognitive drives. Steven Pinker
I hate my stomach. It’s impossible to get it flat, and the area around my belly button drives me crazy. Carmen Electra
I love to study the many things that grow below the corn stalks and bring them back to the studio to study the color. If one could only catch that true color of nature – the very thought of it drives me mad. Andrew Wyeth
I work hard every day to try to help my team. I try to have fun too – because football is still fun – and scoring goals, breaking records, that’s what drives me. Kylian Mbappe
In the last three years of racing I’ve met as many women fans as men fans, and in NASCAR it’s the same thing. My wife loves cars, but the difference is she doesn’t have 20 years of understanding the background of them. She basically drives them and uses her gut feelings as to which is best. Tim Allen
The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship drives me nuts. I can’t accept that. Alain de Botton
What drives me crazy is when you have a supervisor in government, and they report into 12 other supervisors. That’s unacceptable. Doug Ford
It’s not rage that drives me, it’s competition. Lennox Lewis
What drives people to public service is a sense of possibility. If you haven’t sensed that possibility you don’t get started in the same way, you don’t feel you can have an impact. Henry Hampton
I’ve been giving back since I was a teen, handing out turkeys at Thanksgiving and handing out toys at toys drives for Christmas. It’s very important to give back as a youth. It’s as simple as helping an old lady across the street or giving up your seat on the bus for someone who is pregnant. Queen Latifah
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives. Viktor E. Frankl
Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position. Mahatma Gandhi
Big government inevitably drives an upward distribution of wealth to those whose wealth, confidence and sophistication enable them to manipulate government. George Will
I basically started performing for my mother, going, ‘Love me!’ What drives you to perform is the need for that primal connection. When I was little, my mother was funny with me, and I started to be charming and funny for her, and I learned that by being entertaining, you make a connection with another person. Robin Williams
Colonialism is an idea born in the West that drives Western countries – like France, Italy, Belgium, Great Britain – to occupy countries outside of Europe. Ahmed Ben Bella
Am I a liberal or conservative? I’m neither. Like most Americans, I find politics very frustrating. Like most Americans, I’d like to hear from politicians the facts. That is what drives me. Soledad O’Brien
Filecoin is a token with fundamental value. Filecoin is like Bitcoin, but miners amass hard drives instead of hashing computers. Juan Benet
You always have to think in the back of your mind that someone’s working harder than you, someone’s getting better than you. That’s what drives me every day. I always think there’s someone out there working harder. Malcolm Brogdon
The bass player’s function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car… everything else is merely colours. Suzi Quatro
Everywhere you look, there is a charity or a project in school to get involved in. In eighth grade, there was this program called CJSF, California Junior Scholarship Foundation. We were involved in soup kitchens and toy drives, and your school can set up something like that. If your school doesn’t have a program like that, set one up. Lindsey Shaw
Culture drives great results. Jack Welch
When you fight, anger drives up testosterone in both men and women. Helen Fisher
Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work. Cindy Sherman
Passion helps you in protecting the community, and public service will follow it. That has been my career. It is the passion that drives me to do what I do every day. Catherine Cortez-Masto
Sensual excess drives out pity in man. Marquis de Sade
When people push back on you and don’t think you can do it, and you struggle a little bit and wonder if they’re right, it drives you to be successful and to be a great player. Reggie Jackson
I hate that song ‘Mr. Bojangles.’ It drives me up the wall, since it’s not about him at all. He was never a bum in jail. Shirley Temple
Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth. So let’s all go exploring. Edith Widder
The reason New Orleans is still around is because of the celebrations it has inspired since its inception as a city. I’m always excited about the possibility of what might happen. That’s what drives us, and I think that’s the spirit of New Orleans and the spirit of jazz. Irvin Mayfield
A lot of people think Formula One isn’t a sport because everyone drives a car when they go to work in the morning. But we’re pulling up to six G on a corner or during breaking, which is almost like being a fighter pilot. So we have to do a lot of work on our neck muscles. Jenson Button
Music drives you. It wakes you up, it gets you pumping. And, at the end of the day, the correct tune will chill you down. Dimebag Darrell
Those who want to row on the ocean of human knowledge do not get far, and the storm drives those out of their course who set sail. Franz Grillparzer
I love when people doubt me. I love when people don’t think that I’m good enough to play at a certain level, not good enough to be a starter, things like that. That’s the stuff that drives me. Adam Thielen
I drive a VW California. It’s a camper van based on the transporter body. It drives like a car, but you press a button and you’re camping. I take it on tour with me. Sean Lock
I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop – it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics; but I trust my family jewels only to Linux. Donald Knuth
I have always believed that technology drives human civilization’s endeavor and progress. Mukesh Ambani
We are living in a world of fear. The life of man today is corroded and made bitter by fear: fear of the future, fear of the hydrogen bomb, fear of ideologies. Perhaps this fear is a greater danger than the danger itself because it is fear, which drives men to act thoughtlessly, to act dangerously. Sukarno
There was nothing special about me; there are boxers in Belfast who are more skilled but I had a bit between my teeth that drives me on. Carl Frampton
Stamina is the force that drives the drumming; it’s not really a sprint. Neil Peart
Truth in drama is forever elusive. You never quite find it, but the search for it is compulsive. The search is clearly what drives the endeavour. The search is your task. Harold Pinter
One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It’s the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way they go. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
When I ask my medical students to describe their image of a woman who elects to birth with a midwife rather than with an obstetrician, they generally describe a woman who wears long cotton skirts, braids her hair, eats only organic vegan food, does yoga, and maybe drives a VW microbus. Alice Dreger
A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence. Sigmund Freud
I’m simply the mom who makes the lunch, drives to school, finds where the toys are, washes the clothes, and I’m here to play. And that’s all I should be. Sandra Bullock
Intellectual passion drives out sensuality. Leonardo da Vinci
Your workforce is your most valuable asset. The knowledge and skills they have represent the fuel that drives the engine of business – and you can leverage that knowledge. Harvey Mackay
I have a car that I like – an Aston Martin – for Sunday drives in the country. Seth MacFarlane
Our demand for meat, dairy and refined carbohydrates – the world consumes one billion cans or bottles of Coke a day – our demand for these things, not our need, our want – drives us to consume way more calories than are good for us. Mark Bittman
Looking at the world through a sustainability lens not only helps us ‘future proof’ our supply chain, it also fuels innovation and drives brand growth. Paul Polman
Consumer accountability drives quality and efficiency. Pete Hoekstra
I’m more of a homebody. I’m constantly asked: ‘Why don’t we see you out?’ But that’s not what drives me. I prefer to have people over – which I do a lot, because I bought a house that’s way too big for me, and four of my friends live there. Kristen Bell
What’s important is how the character drives the narrative. Tridha Choudhury
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives. Theodore Roosevelt
I love Sunday-morning drives. I’ll be up at 6 A.M., get a cup of coffee, and head out. Taylor Kinney
I am a person who believes in asking questions, in not conforming for the sake of conforming. I am deeply dissatisfied – about so many things, about injustice, about the way the world works – and in some ways, my dissatisfaction drives my storytelling. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty. Abraham Lincoln
Ambition has developed into a passion which drives women, as well as men, to great works – and small deeds. Formerly competitors in the race for men, they are now competing in the race for social tasks and distinctions. Ellen Key
Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things. Fergus Henderson
DNS is kind of the hamster under the hood that drives the Internet. David Ulevitch
Fear of failure, it’s the greatest motivational tool. It drives me and drives me and drives me. Jerry West
I swore to myself that I was never going to lose again, and that’s what drives me still. More than money, more than titles, more than fame, it’s the desire not to be defeated. Joe Calzaghe
It drives me crazy when guys making $30 million are complaining about playing basketball two days in a row. Charles Barkley
I wouldn’t describe myself as a home run hitter. I’m just trying to hit the ball hard in the gaps. Just backspinning baseballs and hitting line drives. Andrew Benintendi
Eddie Jordan found me all the drives. If I am with Tyrrell today, it is because Eddie was there. Jean Alesi
New Zealand was such a weird place in the 1980s. For instance, we used to have this commercial in the late 1970s where this guy drives this car and stops outside a corner store. He goes in to buy something, and when he comes out, his car is gone. He’s like, ‘Huh?’ Then a voice says, ‘Don’t leave your keys in the car.’ Taika Waititi
I act because I have to, because I need to find out whether I can do it or not – that’s what drives me and excites me and lights me up. Kelly Reilly
The demons you have are what motivate you to make your art. This is what drives the detective, this is what drives the painter, this is what drives the writer: a conflicting urge to forget pain and at the same time remember it and fight for some kind of justice. I know these powerful things are inside of me and everyone in some way or another. Tom Reiss
I’m told leather drives men up the wall. I like wearing it because it because it feels nice. Honor Blackman
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. Victor Hugo
You gotta be able to take criticism if you want to be anything close to great. Even if it’s not true. You use that as an advantage for yourself. You can use that negative energy and turn that into an energy that drives you to be something more than you thought you could be. That’s one thing I did. DeMar DeRozan
Out-innovating them is the way to beat China. And to do everything that we do in this country to support innovative policy, that drives innovation and new products and more jobs and creates jobs. You can’t – you can’t put a wall up around here. We tried that in the ’30s. It didn’t work. Jack Welch
