Quotes About Motivation

Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing.

It's easier for me to get three times the amount of money I really want.

[Music is] so inspirational in terms of making me want to become better.

It's the nature of it. The players will want to compete at the highest level they possibly can.

It's not so much revenge, but I think you want to hold on to a little of that just for extra motivation.

New York is a city where people are ambitious. They want things.

I was always thinking, 'One day I want to be like Bernie Williams.'

I think it is good that fashion is a challenge because when something is a challenge, you want to do it better.

Leadership is helping yourself and other people achieve goals. The ability to direct your life to get the results you want is leadership.

I get to thinking about my life, and it sometimes makes me want to make it interesting.

In life we want to challenge ourselves...

A budding writer wants to be encouraged.

I have a motto on my bedroom wall: 'Obstacles are what you see when you take your eye off the goal.' Giving up is not my style. I just want to do something that's worthwhile.

I've always been inspired even more by any naysayers to keep going for what I really want and they've almost been my inspiration many times more so than any positive people around me to conquer.

It's not that often that you get to have a large commercial success and then have something that you want to do that you can excite people about.

I had piano lessons when I was younger, but I quit because I didn't want to sit and learn the scales.

You can either go to the gym because you want to lose weight, or you can go to the gym because you like how it makes you feel when you're running.

I'm obsessive. I want to know the answer to how good I am. Most people aren't.

I think actors like to be directed. Actors like to know where they're headed and what they want, so I'm very encouraging.

Many first-time authors are not concerned about the advance or royalties, they want the notoriety. They get smarter on their second book and look for the money.

Usually there is a paradox in what a character wants. A conflict is built deeply within them. And then you put them in motion, throw everything at them until they reveal themselves further.

I have new ideas every day, and I always want to take on new challenges.

The show has to be good because you want to be good. But if it's not good, it doesn't matter.

It's not gender-specific, but I do think it's women who tend to start having that sort of little whispering voice of "I want more here" and "I want more for my family."