Quotes About Motivation

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

Periods of tranquillity are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.

I grew up in a rural area. Books are what helped me transcend my circumstances.

I've always worked really hard, and I'll continue working the same way, whatever the size of the transfer fee.

You can help build momentum in training by keeping the pace and intensity high. Make things happen in training, and then you can transfer that onto the pitch.

Transfer speculation during the off-season does spur you on.

In my determination to avoid failure, I set myself a goal to work towards, that is, to transform myself into a running machine.

The reason I started my transformation with the mind first is because you have to see it first and believe it before you start your journey. You have set your mind at a place called W.I.T. It's 'Whatever it Takes.'

Sometimes, counter-intuitively, it's easier to make a major change than a minor change. When a habit is changing very gradually, we may lose interest, give way under stress, or dismiss the change as insignificant. There's an excitement and an energy that comes from a big transformation, and that helps to create a habit.

The effort to create a work of art that is true and potentially lasting, that is the very best work of art you can create at that point in your life - a book that may only reach or move a few people but will seem to those people somehow transformative. That's the ideal; that's always the motivation.

Truly transformative leaders inspire deep commitment among many and have continued impact long after they are gone.

When I speak, I want to ensure that there is at least one person in the audience who leaves the room transformed.

I want to be the person who completely transformed the health of the nation.

I've always been fascinated with what motivates people's transgressions and the scandalous journey into infamy.

There are still many things to work on - the start, the transition, the finish. I am not just going to sit around and wait.

Mature striving is linked to long-range goals. Thus, the process of becoming is largely a matter of organizing transitory impulses into a pattern of striving and interest in which the element of self-awareness plays a large part.

Once employees feel challenged, invigorated and productive, their efforts will naturally translate into profit and growth for the organisation.

When I was a boy, my father used to criticize me for - it's hard to translate - I guess you could say 'mindless time.' Thinking what to do. I need to be bored so I can be pushed into doing something.

The one thing that I always encourage women who want to be WWE Divas to do is have something you are passionate about. For me it was Jiu-Jitsu and martial arts. For some people it's soccer. Whatever it is, it gives you confidence and that will translate.

I will say nothing to an actor that cannot be translated into action.

I'll always have a winning mentality in me, and I want to transmit that. I equally feel what the players are feeling and I know them as men.

I try to transmit calmness and motivation to my team-mates.

You have to push yourself when you're older because it's very easy to fall into the trap. You start to fall apart - you just have to do your best to paste yourself together. I think doing things and being active is very important. When your mind is busy, you don't hurt so much.

I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency.