Quotes About Motivation

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I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

I write music every day.

Self-trust, we know, is the first secret of success.

You know, I don't ask myself too much how. I just do it.

Remember: The spirit grows sluggish when you neglect the passions.

The Greek philosopher Epictetus said, "First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

The spirit grows sluggish when you neglect the passions.

Life won't just happen to you, boy." He said. "You have to happen to it. Remember: The spirit grows sluggish when you neglect the passions.

The Greek philosopher Epictetus said, 'First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.' Good old Epictetus. I would be Confident Girl, and that means unplastering myself from the side of this building, for starters.

And once upon a time, survival had seemed like an end unto itself. But now... it began to feel like an expedient with no object. Survive for what?

No es posible ayudar a las personas haciendo por ellas lo que ellas deberían hacer por sí mismas. Abraham Lincoln

15 minutes to warm up? Does a lion warm up when he's hungry? "Uh oh, here comes an antelope. Better warm up." No! He just goes out there and eats the sucker.

I'd rather take a beating sometimes than get in that gym every morning. Anyone who gets up that early and says he likes it is a goddamned liar. The only good thing about it is that when I'm finished, I look at myself in the mirror and say, "Jack, you've done it again!"

Don't talk age! Age has nothing to do with it. One of my guys who started out at my gym is 87 now, and he still does ten bench-press reps with a hundred-pound dumbbell in each hand. He's training to set a leg-pressing record. I put things in the guy's brain way back when, and now he'll never get away from it.

Many people have arthritis and rheumatism; they get bum knees, a bum back. A lot of guys get a little pain in the toe or knee and then they won't exercise. Well gee, you have 640 muscles in your body. There may be a few exercises you can't do, but there are hundreds you can do! Too many people make excuses like I am too old, or I don't have the time, or it costs money. Then when they get sick they go to the doctor and want a shot in the backside to make them healthy.

I have one thing in my mind. How can I get people to start taking care of themselves? That's all I think about.

My Dad was overweight and unhealthy, and he died young. I wasn't going to let that happen to me.

I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline.

Our appetites, of one or another kind, are excellent spurs to our reason, which might otherwise but feebly set about the great ends of preserving and continuing the species.

What ever your 100% looks like, give it.

My mother told me...if you're going to get anywhere, you're going to have to do it yourself, because no one is going to do it for you.

I figure the faster I pedal, the faster I can retire.

Motivation can't take you very far if you don't have the legs.