Quotes About Motivation

You've got to move forward. You can't feel sorry for yourself.

When you set goals and you reach those goals in mid-August and early September, there's nothing to look forward to. You sort of lose your drive.

You have to not listen to the nay sayers because there will be many and often they'll be much more qualified than you and cause you to sort of doubt yourself.

I think a certain amount of anger has been a fuel of mine, if you want - but also some sort of sadness, and plain mischief, of course.

I have never sought the reason why I write.

I've always made my opportunities, I've never been one to wait for them and sit around waiting for something to happen. I've always sought them out.

My education, drive, and commitment have afforded me every opportunity I have ever sought.

Most employees only want to know how much they get paid and how much time off they get - they probably don't have the mission in their souls.

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.

Little moments of excitement shape the sound of a record. You don't have anything, and then you start to have little parts that give you the energy to move forward because you start to see something.

Deciding to write a novel about something - as opposed to finding you are writing a novel around something - sounds to me like a good evocation of writer's block.

I find performing very difficult. It's difficult to be a good actor. I get very nervous, even though it sounds disingenuous, because you could legitimately go, 'Well, why do it?'

As crazy as it sounds, my generation is very lazy.

You can sit down with Reason or Ableton and literally in a couple of hours make a very good-sounding record. But then a lot of people become contented with that, rather than pushing themselves to making something that sounds great.

Winning the Absa Cape Epic was the base for the perfect season. It really spiced up the soup.

I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book.

I don't want awards. I am not saying this like it's a case of sour grapes. It isn't. I have been to a couple of award functions, and I soon realised that it doesn't give me the kick that it does to others.

If your work becomes a source of enjoyment and a challenge, it will never seem like work - it will be fun. If you ever feel that your work is a burden, there is no point carrying on with it.

Sachin has been an integral part of Mumbai Indians and a source of inspiration for the team ever since the inception.

I realise I have inadvertently become a source of inspiration and hope for people in India simply by the fact that I grew up there, went to my local university, but could go on to do well internationally.

Living is a constant source of inspiration.

The drug or cult has major if not exclusive sources of brain rewards.

I think all of us as NBA players have expectations of ourselves that are different from expectations from external forces and sources.

I grew up in South Africa, but like many people at that time, I couldn't bear living in the country. The main motivation for moving to Britain was to get away.