Driving Forces Quotes

“Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Discourses

“Creative work is often driven by pain. It may be that if you don't have something in the back of your head driving you nuts, you may not do anything. It's not a good arrangement. If I were God, I wouldn't have done it that way.

[Interview, The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 20, 2009]”
― Cormac McCarthy

“There are men who dig for gold; [Monseigneur Bienvenu] dug for compassion.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Finding your bliss in true equality and great quality can only benefit others”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The Tao of Physical and Spiritual

“I was never really about the money. Every business I've ever started has been more of a curiosity and a kind of "What if...”
― Blake Mycoskie

“Life is not always what we want it to be, but we can color it any way we like, in order to make it the perfect painting, even when things look rough, there is someone out there who has it worse than us.”
― Gia Russell

“Love is indeed a prevailing driving force for many human actions.”
― Felisa Tan, In Search for Meaning