Ayrton Senna da Silva (21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver who won three Formula One world championships.
He was killed in an accident while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. He is among the most dominant and successful Formula 1 drivers of all time and is considered as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport.
Ayrton Senna expressed concern over the widespread poverty in Brazil. After his death it was discovered that he had quietly donated millions of his personal fortune to help poor children.
Read below some of the inspiring Quotes of Ayrton Senna.
I have no idols. I admire work, dedication and competence.
If you have God on your side, everything becomes clear.
Wealthy men can’t live in an island that is encircled by poverty. We all breathe the same air. We must give a chance to everyone, at least a basic chance.
Money is a strange business. People who haven’t got it aim it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.
I am not designed to come second or third. I am designed to win.
Women – always in trouble with them, but can’t live without them.
Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.
Nothing can separate me from the love of God
If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver because we are competing, we are competing to win.
Racing, competing, is in my blood. It’s part of me, it’s part of my life; I’ve been doing it all my life. And it stands up before anything else.
Whoever you are, no matter what social position you have, rich or poor, always show great strength and determination, and always do everything with much love and deep faith in God. One day you will reach your goal.
On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit. And you then go for this limit and you touch this limit, and you think, ‘Okay, this is the limit.’ As soon as you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.
