Quotes About Motivation

As my mother said, I never sprang out of bed with a glad shout! My voice needed oiling and then it took off.

With determination and purpose, I head into the light.

Why didn't she go to college if she was so psyched about it?

Sometimes in life, we all need a little nudge to get us moving in the right direction. If we ignore it, we're likely to get a shove.

There's something about hitting rock bottom that makes two inches higher seem like Mount Diablo.

I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like, why they said all the strange things they did.

Scouting rises within you and inspires you to put forth your best.

I liked the game, I enjoyed the game, and the game fed me enough, and gave me enough rewards to reinforce that this is something that I should spend time doing, and that I could possibly make a priority in my life, versus other sports.

I demand more from myself than anybody else could possibly expect of me.

Self-determination has to mean that the leader is your individual gut, and heart, and mind or we're talking about power, again, and its rather well-known impurities. Who is really going to care whether you live or die and who is going to know the most intimate motivation for your laughter and your tears is the only person to be trusted to speak for you and to decide what you will or will not do.

They both started out with the basic ingredients, but it took a special touch for them to spread their wings and fly.

I'm not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you'll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain't going to happen.

The goal of my Foundation is to give young people a chance to better themselves and establish a base for a successful future.

We coaches have to learn how to deal with that: How do I get to each one best - with a talk, with video analysis? And what sort of tone? We need our own coaches for that. The sports psychologist coaches me too.

Sometimes it really is worth it to look at yourself in the mirror and earnestly ask yourself...#isthatthebestyougot?

I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it.

On the day of victory, no man is tired. -Arab proverb

Give people hope, and you could make them do just about anything. And not just your average, everyday kind of hope—for food or clothes or the absence of pain or good suburban schools or low down payments with easy financing. What people needed was a hope beyond the visible world, the world of the body and its trials, of life's endless dull parade of things.

Life is full of surprises, but that's what makes it so exciting. Embrace the unexpected and let it motivate you to be the best version of yourself.

Life is too short to waste time on negativity. Let's surround ourselves with positivity and motivation, and chase our dreams with passion and purpose.

We may not be able to control every aspect of our lives, but we can control our mindset. Let's choose positivity and motivation every day.

When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it. You grab it and honor it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift.

If nature refuses, indignation will produce verses.

The reason that most people don't possess these extraordinary physical capabilities isn't because they don't have the capacity for them, but rather because they're satisfied to live in the comfortable rut of homeostasis and never do the work that is required to get out of it. They live in the world of "good enough." The same thing is true for all the mental activities we engage in,