Quotes About Motivation

And this is the truth. Because I may be only eighteen, but it already seems pretty obvious that the world is divided into two groups: the doers and the watchers. The people things happen to and the rest of us, who just sort of plod on with things. The Lulus and the Allysons. It never occurred to me that by pretending to be Lulu, I might slip into that other column, even for just a day.

Obey the muse, Liz said. She's a fickle mistress.

That happens a lot with Shakespeare. The women go after what they want; the men wind up suckered into things.

Es sólo un día, un periodo de veinticuatro horas para superarte a ti mismo -Adam

Every morning I wake up and I tell myself this: It's just one day, one twenty-four-hour period to get yourself through. I don't know when exactly I started giving myself this daily pep talk—or why.

want you to get on with your life.

When I found out I was going to be on CBS every morning, my first phone call was to Jenny Craig. Ten days later, I'd lost nine pounds. Now I even take the plan's popcorn with me to the movies.

From the great Jack London: "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." What inspires you?

I wanted to take something, learn it, and teach it. I was sucked in by that. - Tim Berglund

Men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason.

On the surface one might think that if one simply concerns oneself with altruistic intent and future lifetimes, the practical aspects of this life will not be accomplished, and one will be a failure. This simply isn't true. On the contrary, when one really does renounce or let go of this lifetime everything is taken care of by force of the deeper motivation.

My children are the reason I laugh, smile and want to get up every morning.

Sometimes there are good reasons to do bad things.

Do you know the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." "Wrong. That's the definition of determination.

Well," she said, getting more comfortable, "Here's what I've got so far. I'm going to college and getting a Ph.D. in being awesome. That's a thing, right? Everyone will call me Dr. Kitten and pay me megabucks to diagnose all their problems. Because, of course, I will have all the answers.

You speak what you believe, and you believe you're doomed. If there's one thing I've learned throughout the years, it's that what you believe is the impetus for your entire life.

If there's one thing I've learned throughout the years, it's that what you believe is the impetus for your entire life.

As much as I don't want to get their hopes up, I do want to get their hopes up. Hope empowers. It's the reason we wake and the reason we rise. The reason we keep moving forward.

Impending death makes one run faster. I think that's probably why they fire a gun before track meets.

the leader's role is to create the conditions so their team can discover greatness in their daily work.

this is what an effective network is all about—when you can assemble a group of motivated people to solve a big problem, even though the team looks nothing like the official org chart.

Humor is the lifeblood that keeps new careers alive.

Creativity comes with that little bit of extra effort.

Inspiration is usually stingy.