Quotes About Motivation

I think the biggest part of being on a sound system is wanting to always be the best.

I never had a role model. I ended up wanting to be the best version of myself.

The mentality of wanting to win has come into my game more.

I was just tapped on the shoulder from above and told to write these songs, as opposed to wanting to be a success in the music business.

I make no apology for wanting to make a profit - the more I make, the bigger percentage will go to charity. So most of the work I do now is motivated by that.

For years, I've been wanting to do something that has a bit more of a dramatical drive and combine it with some action.

I think at that time I obviously wasn't aware of what I really needed. But conversely, my wanting to prove something to everyone was beneficial 'cause if I hadn't done it then, maybe I'd never have done it.

I started out wanting to coach football.

If you're a kid wanting to be a cartoonist today, and you're looking at Family Guy, you don't have to aim very high.

This part of being a man, changing the way we parent, happens only when we want it to. It changes because we are determined for it to change; and the motive for changing often comes out of wanting to be the kind of parent we didn't have.

I have an older sister named Haley and she wanted to be an actress. So I wanted to be an actress. It's really funny the way that some people don't give kids enough credit for like really being driven, and really wanting to do things so badly.

The ambition, the drive, the wanting to be the center of attention, the wanting to succeed... They're all inside me somewhere.

I think I can be pretty focused, but as I say, it was more wanting to be the good student, seeing myself as a good student, and also, my parents had expectations. They wouldn't have cared if I got a B or a C or even a D.

I actually play piano and violin, but I don't have a passion for it. It didn't make me wake up in the morning wanting to do it, or go to bed thinking about it.

I'm actually not a particularly negative person, but I feel like most things are better when they're not actualized. The motivation that comes from wanting something is so much more driving of people than actually getting it.

When we make records, it's hard to pinpoint one thing that inspires a record. It's usually a number of different things that lead to inspiration or wanting to write something down and share it with someone.

We are human beings. We operate from wanting to be rewarded.

I don't see anything wrong in someone wanting to be famous or having sky-high ambitions.

I still worry that I could be better. That's where standards come from, from not wanting to settle. The fear of not being good enough propels you.

I'm not afraid of wanting money at all. Money will give me more power to do things that are truer to my spirit than what I'm already doing.

I didn't set out wanting to be an actress. That's not what I did. I didn't go to class striving to become an actress. I just basically - honestly, I didn't have anything else going.

If you're going to come wanting to work really hard, you're never going to bum me out.

Before dance came into my life, I don't really remember having any major goals or dreams of wanting to be anything.

I think most producers and MCs are constantly in this competition, but it's usually with yourself. It's usually wanting to be innovative: wanting to catch yourself when you're doing the same thing or throwing out the same art you've already done.