Quotes About Motivation

here I'm finally doing this thing that I've known I should be doing since I was in eleventh grade. I was certain, like all of us were, that we were doing the right thing.

Why are we in a band again?' We just were driven to do it for some reason, I don't know why. Just because we had nothing better to do.

He had already seized this particular day once, but he was prepared, if need be, to go ahead and seize the motherfucker all over again.

I charge you as I was charged. Don't waste your life. Don't allow your body's weakness to be a weakness of your spirit. Repay your debt of freedom. You have the key.

There is a means to every end. A root to any cause. Sometimes the root is more evil than any cause, though it's the cause that is usually most vilified.

You had to have an emotional response. It was that response that lit the match that started the fire of relentlessness.

Take every case personally and you get angry. It builds a fire. It gives you the edge you need to go the distance every time out.

It was in Frank Morgan's alto sax that I found the soundtrack of my detective. In his sad but uplifting ballad "Lullaby," written by pianist George Cables, I discovered my detective's anthem. For many years I played that song at the start of each writing day.

Kids are amazing, as long as they have the push in the right direction at home." Lourdes

There is a means to every end. A root to any cause. Sometimes the root is more evil than the cause, though it's the cause that is usually the most vilified.

I couldn't become bogged down with it. I had to get

Passion was the fuel that kept his fire burning.

There is no sense in being haunted by good intentions.

Sometimes you do the wrong thing for the right reason.

It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important.

Working inspires inspiration. Keep working. If you succeed, keep working. If you fail, keep working. If you are interested, keep working. If you are bored, keep working.

All human behavior has a reason. All behavior is solving a problem.

His management philosophy, tempered in his rain-dancing days, was always to give the project to whoever had the most to gain from success--or the most to lose from failure.

Sneaking up on it sometimes helps: I've found I can be very productive for an hour before dinner, because there obviously isn't enough time to really do anything, so I can tell myself I'm just screwing around.

It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important.

You know why the scientists would try to do that? It's because they want to do research, of course. That's all they ever want to do, is research. Not to accomplish anything. Not to make any progress. Just do research. Well, they have a surprise coming to them.

She knew she was going to have trouble believing in herself, in the room of her house, and when she glanced over at this new book on her nightstand, stacked atop the one she finished last night, she reached for it automatically, as if reading were the singular and obvious first task of the day, the only viable way to negotiate the transit from sleep to obligation.

He pours himself more coffee, draws out a final, really final, line on the tabletop. Maybe he's just not Ã¢â'¬Â¦ awake enough to be gifted. Maybe one day, why not today, he'll bust out of his lifelong drowse.

It's not respect but fear that motivates a man; that's how empires are built and revolutions begin. It is the secret of great men. When a man is afraid you will crush him, utterly destroy him, his respect will always follow. Base fear is intoxicating, overwhelming, liberating. Always stronger than respect. Always.