Quotes About Motivation

We talk on principle, but we act on interest.

Sebastian never does anything just for fun." Jace took Clary's hand and pulled her toward him. "But I do.

I'm not unhappy," he said. "Only people with no purpose are unhappy. I've got a purpose.

But you hate poetry! Yes, but you make me want to write it.

Unless there was a reason for me to stay.

Don't remain silent about what you want, or you may never get it." "You are very wise," Kieran said gravely. "Well," said Dru. "I actually saw that on a mug." "Mugs in this world are very wise.

Will looked as if she had slpped him. "I didn't do it so you'd be grateful!" "Then what?" Her voice rose. "You did it because it's your mandate? Because the law says-" "I did it because I love you!

drive like hell was chasing you.

The only alternative seems to be doing nothing…and doing nothing, I find, rarely accomplishes anything

I'm just saying that I think I chose the way I did in part because of you. Since I've met you, everything I've done has been in part because of you.

I get letters from kids, teenagers and young girls who just want to be Mac. I've had quite a few people actually say that they're going to become a Marine or a JAG lawyer because of me... the character. I think that's pretty cool!

Focus and move forward.

It was like he was in a contest to see who could do the least work, only he was the only contestant.

I could not but wonder at the queen's unprecedented civility, until I realized with a flush of shame that it was my own improved behavior that motivated hers. So it is that we in life determine our own treatment.

But you know, even worrying about haircuts couldn't depress me. Because every time I started sinking low, I'd just remember about football. All this time I'd thought I wanted to be a trainer, when it turned out I wanted to be a player instead. I saw something I wanted to do and I decided to do it. The feeling of freedom this gave me—I can't even describe it. It was my decision. I chose it. I am not a cow.

You can't think about how much you have left to do because that's just one thought, one sad thought, that'll make you bummed out all day long. Instead you've got to think about how much you've already done.

It was only when I realized how actors have the power to move people that I decided to pursue acting as a career.

Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.

I know. I'm lazy. But I made myself a New Years resolution that I would write myself something really special. Which means I have 'til December, right?

What does it mean to succeed? It is a question that haunts many. Many people, don't set any goals for themselves and succeed at very little.

I think you can scare somebody out of doing something, but not out of feeling like they want to.

Hard work can sometimes substitute for natural ability, but natural ability almost never makes up for not being willing to do the work.

World is full of people so troubled they don't even understand themselves. You could offer them a thousand dollars to explain their motivations, but they can't tell you what they don't know.

This idea opened a door to my seeing that the rigors and trials of a task that big are not brick walls designed to keep me out. They're just pop quizzes to determine how badly I want in.