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Burning Desire Quotes

The drive that pushes people to keep going.

These quotes treat burning desire as the engine behind real commitment: the enthusiasm that follows discovering your mission, the discipline of cutting off every path to retreat, and the claim that wanting something badly is often the whole difference. Read our Fire quotes too.

There's no replacement for having a burning desire to talk about something: 'I know this and other people need to know!'

Quotes by Adam Conover

When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.

Quotes by W. Clement Stone

I don't know what keeps me going. Sometimes I wonder... I think it's just pure perseverance and wanting to succeed and having that burning desire to always have success.

Quotes by Tanya Tucker

A God of fire is the only one there is. Our God is not like an iceberg but like a forest fire. He is never compared to the moon with its cool glow but rather to the sun, radiating warmth....

Quotes by Reinhard Bonnke

Emotion Quotes

I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.

Quotes by Patrick Ness

What is in the Constitution is the burning desire and aspiration of all the people of Vietnam. So for the moment, we don't think about opposition parties.

Quotes by Nong Duc Manh

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.

Quotes by Napoleon Hill

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to...

Quotes by Napoleon Hill

Scriptures reveal the divine desires of the Lord in our behalf. Each of us should have a burning desire to search the scriptures diligently and daily to seek the will of the Lord in our life. For some, it may...

Quotes by L. Lionel Kendrick

Fire Quotes

What I would say is Jesus came to save lost sinners like you and me, and if Jesus Christ has a burning desire to seek and save the lost, then you should, too, if Christ is living within you. If...

Quotes by Kirk Cameron

The thing for me is I never had this burning desire to do a solo record my whole life.

Quotes by Julian Casablancas

I don't have any particular burning desire to go back to being cuddly. Not really.

Quotes by Hugh Grant

I don't see myself necessarily having a burning desire to write a symphony.

Quotes by Danny Elfman

Along with my passion for horse breeding, I was a horse racing enthusiast... In 1974 I was elected as a committee member and subsequently as a steward of the Turf Club. I had a burning desire to clean up the...

Quotes by Cyrus S. Poonawalla

Intensity Quotes

With the help of personal introductions by Andrew Carnegie, diligence and an absolute burning desire to teach the world how to become successful, Napoleon Hill devoted nearly his entire adult lifetime creating practical content entrepreneurs need to become successful.

Quotes by Clay Clark

It was also important for me to have a burning desire to achieve something worthwhile on that instrument, and I devoted many many many hours with little or no compensation to perfecting whatever I could, because I loved it so...

Quotes by Billy Sheehan

I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way.

Quotes by Ben Stiller

I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and he goosed the process.

Quotes by Barton Gellman

I never had a burning desire to have children. But then I met Nick, and I thought, 'This is the only person I'd do this with.' So we tried, but I was a little long in the tooth for that...

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this Burning Desire quotes page cover?
It gathers quotes about the intense drive behind real commitment, from the enthusiasm that follows discovering your mission to cutting off every path of retreat in order to win.
Why do people look up quotes on burning desire?
Readers often want language for ambition that feels stronger than ordinary motivation, and burning desire captures that more urgent, almost consuming kind of drive.
Is there a quote connecting burning desire to purpose?
Yes, one quote says discovering your mission fills you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to actually get to work on it, tying the feeling directly to clarity of purpose.
Does any quote here treat desire as essential to winning?
One states plainly that definiteness of purpose and a burning desire to possess something are the one quality anyone truly needs to win at anything.
Where can I find more quotes on drive and motivation?
For more on intensity and motivation, see our Fire and Intensity quotes.

One line even ties a nation's constitution to this same burning aspiration. For related energy, see our Intensity and Longing quotes.