Quotes About Motivation

Let us secure not such books as people want, but books just above their wants, and they will reach up to take what is put out for them.

Comedy is what I really want to do and propel.

Do any exercise you want as long as you're willing to do it. You see gym equipment on TV advertisements all the time, but guess what? It's only good if you actually use it.

I read some books that were the right books for me. I read them and I didn't even notice turning the pages anymore. I thought, "That's what I want to do with my life."

As soon as I finish one thing, there's always something else on the horizon I want to do. I don't have any intention of retiring from anything.

People don't want to be bothered, if they're not being pressured to change. You have to push people. You have to be the agitator that makes the pearl.

If we ask two questions, we will see that punishment never works. First: What do we want the other person to do? Second: What do we want the other person's reasons to be for doing as we request?

Write the book you'd want to read.

Picture yourself five years from now. Where do you want to be? Remember that. Every day. That's how you'll get there.

If I could do it over, I'd want to come up to the big leagues like Mike Trout. He's exciting and I like watching him.

Honestly I don't like to write songs that often, only when I feel like I need to and when I've got something that I really want to sing about.

I get angry if I do things wrong, but that's what keeps me going. I want to do my best.

I remember I used to come up to my teacher crying because I couldn't read. She would say: 'You can do this. You just don't want to do this.

It's triumphant for someone to wake up to life. I feel a tremendous sense of liberation. You want to be able to use both your intuitive side and your go-get-'em side with no blame.

A lot of folks believe their best years are behind them. But I want Americans to recognize that's not true.

Maybe my records might make the next Ja Rule or Jay-Z want to rap.

Stability can be a good thing, but it can also lead to apathy. I don't want to set that example for my children. I want them to believe in their dreams and to go after them. You do that by example.

I write because the act of writing itself is what drives me. It's a private communication within myself - nothing more or less. This doesn't mean I do not want to share with people.

People need to be inspired. They need to hear and believe a story. If you want them to be self-motivated, you need to engage them.

Children have to be motivated to want to learn to read. Reading must not be taught simply as a school exercise.

I try to tell young people to get in shape now, because it's easier. If you're 30 and want to drop 10 pounds, all you have to do is just walk.

When I open a refrigerator door and the light goes on, I want to perform.

I believe you've got to make the best out of this life. You don't know how long you're going to be around, so you might as well try and do all the things you want to do.

Love has no resistance. Whatever we do is because we want to do it.