Quotes About Motivation

I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

The beauty of practice is that it transforms us so that we outgrow our original intentions—and keep going! Our motivations for practicing evolve as we mature.

In the opening paragraph Goldi commits felony breaking and entering. Why does she do it? Why does she risk five to ten in the slammer or death by bear claw?

Goddard was not personally religious; his most immediate and consistent motivation was a desire for recognition as the founding genius of rocket science.

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey

Discipline, not the Muse, results in productivity. If you write only when she beckons, your writing is not yours at all.

Since we have that spirit of faith, we ought to speak the things we believe. Never talk failure.

Remember: If you run more than 3 miles five times per week (or a combination totaling 15 miles per week), you are running for something other than fitness, such as competition or ego-building.

Spouses often point out each other's deficiencies. Instead, we should be each other's motivator. My husband touches my spirit, and I try my best to motivate him, too.

In the Ways, ji connotes skill and ri connotes inspiration. When one sees into the underlying principles, one's performance becomes inspired.

There are no traffic jams when you go the extra mile.

Literature is what you write when you think you should be saying something. Writing begins when you'd rather be doing anything else: and you've just done it.

Bill Phillips, one of his successors as chairman, captured the spirit in his mantra: "Work hard. Play hard. Sleep fast.

No sale, no commission. No commission, no eat. That left a mark on me.

Each of us has a spark of life inside us, and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another.

Each of us has a spark of life in us, & our highest endeavor ought to be to set off that spark in one another.

I enjoy the element of pushing yourself, learning something new, whether it's a dance step, a scene, an emotion.

I've sat through far too many "crying in the beer" sessions where all the energy for change was dissipated in the intensity of the complaining. Once you see an idea for improvement that makes sense to you, do it.

You know what I like about George Bush? He makes me feel like I could be president, too. No, he does. He's like the first guy, like, from my reading level, you know -- the first guy, like, from my math class to finally go out and do something!

I have often been asked how I came to write. The best answer is that I needed the money. When I started I was 35 and had failed in every enterprise I had ever attempted.

I have notes in my bathroom, yellow notes, and I stick 'em on the mirror, things that happened that were uplifting boosters for me. Notes that say, "Today is special, make today count." And then I have one note on the mirror in the middle that says, "Look at the other notes.

There's a mighty big difference between good, sound reasons and reasons that sound good.

When I was ten, I told her about my plans to play football. Most mothers would try to talk their son out of such a notion, but Mom encouraged me.

Hope is the sum of perceived capabilities to produce routes to desired goals, along with the perceived motivation to use those routes.