Quotes About Motivation

When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.

You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion.

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.

I want you to know that everything I did, I did for my country.

It is only when a person has his own generator that we can talk about motivation. He then needs no outside stimulation. He wants to do it.

I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.

A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.

As tennis players, you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better results.

Second by second you lose the opportunity to become the person you want to be. Take charge of your life.

I love pitting people against each other. My whole life is based on that. It brings out the best in people and the worst in people. If the worst comes out, you don't want them working for you.

Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

When you know clearly what you want, you'll wake up every morning excited about life.

Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you. If it's what you want to do and it's within yourself, then keep going and try to do it for the rest of your life.

Be the change you want to see.

You have to change your life if you're not happy, and wake up if things aren't going the way you want.

I can't relate to lazy people. We don't speak the same language. I don't understand you. I don't want to understand you.

No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.

People want to go where they wanted to be led.

Everybody wants to be on a championship team, but nobody wants to come to practice.

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

Achievement happens when we pursue and attain what we want. Success comes when we are in clear pursuit of Why we want it.

And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself'.

A good leader gets people to follow him because they want to, not because he makes them.

Whenever I have had a sudden urge to quit dancing, I just remember that moment I had when I was young and remember that dancing is what I want to do.