Quotes About Motivation

I usually sit around with the guitar in reach and grab it when I get an idea. Sometimes it lasts five minutes, and sometimes it lasts all day.

You can't sit around and do nothing, you have to carry on.

I'm not going to sit on my laurels.

The whole idea is you can't sit around and do nothing. You have to get up and start living one day at a time. That's what I did my entire career. You can't sit around and say, 'Oh, poor me. Nobody likes me. Nobody is giving me a job.' You have to get up and go. If you sit at home and do nothing, that is what is going to happen.

I could not sit down to write a serious romance under any other motive than to save my life.

My dad had to work for everything in his life; so did my mum: she cleaned people's houses and looked after old people. You can be complacent and sit on the couch and complain about the dreams that you missed. Get off the couch!

I don't sit and listen to music all day, although music is a big influence on me.

I know who I am. I just sit back and gather my paper.

Sitcoms are what got me excited about show business.

You don't get to where you are by just sitting on your butt and expecting it to come.

Sitting around on the couch eating Pringles all day is not going to help anyone.

I'm never the kind of person who's sitting at home reading the charts and basing how I feel about myself or even my career on stats. I've always based it on, 'Am I doing the best that I can do?'

I don't feel like sitting around doing nothing would benefit me.

I am very scared of sitting without work.

I come from the kind of family where work is work; my parents always taught me that it's better to be doing something than sitting around doing nothing.

I remember sitting in school and thinking, 'I don't know why I'm here, because I know I'm going to act and I know I'm going to America.'

You don't get inspiration sitting at a drawing board or in front of your computer.

I'm not very prolific. I'm not good at sitting down as an artist and saying 'Okay, I need to put in my four hours today.'

I was well-dressed and good at firing people because I really did care. I cared about giving them the opportunity to talk through the situation and was always sincere. I would explain that 'This was a bad match,' and they were probably meant to do other things if they weren't giving their all to this, which paid $10 a hour.

But it's always nice to get some compliments, and when you are in a hard situation, it gives you motivation to come back and to prove what the people are saying.

There's an inner feeling you get when you get in a situation to do well in a game. It's hard to explain.

You are controlling because I want you to do it, not because of the situation or what needs to be done.

As a reporter, I approach every situation knowing that everyone has his or her own agenda. It's not a bad thing; it's just a fact.

As a kid, I used to see how Sachin Tendulkar used to win matches under pressure for India in Sharjah or other places. So I was always keen to repeat the same in similar situations. I don't take pressure on myself when I am in the middle. I love pressure, and I always believe that pressure makes you more focused.