Quotes About Motivation

If I was feeling frightened playing tennis, I don't see why I would do it!

Un juicio negativo de los resultados obtenidos hace que intentemos esforzarnos aún más; una evaluación positiva hace que intentemos obligarnos a seguir por ese mismo camino en el siguiente golpe. Tanto el pensamiento positivo como el negativo inhiben la espontaneidad.

The most important distinction between aggression and assertion is its intent. During assertion, we move ourselves toward another; during aggression, we move ourselves against another.

Don't push me, Sia." She shook her head. "I think a push is exactly what you need.

Sometimes it's hard to see the things that are holding us back. Sometimes it takes a push to make us truly open our eyes.

It's not like I'm sitting at home coming up with some secret beauty plan.

I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.

when you think you have done enough, do a little more, because someone out there is working harder than you.

I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.

But if you have to choose between someone with a staggering IQ and an elite education who's gliding along, and someone with a lower IQ but who is absolutely determined to succeed, you'll always do better with the second person.

The foundation of changing behavior is linking rewards to performance and making the linkages transparent.

Remember—write this down, it's critical—nothing fuels a story quite like hope.

When you're not concerned with succeeding, you can work with complete freedom.

So, tell me. Have you found a reason to fight yet? Buddy.

I don't believe in writers' block. Do doctors have 'doctors block?' Do plumbers have 'plumbers' block?" No. We all have days when we don't feel like working, but why do writers turn that into something so damn special by giving it a faintly romantic name.

Professional writers don't have muses; they have mortgages.

There is nothing in your destiny, nothing in your future that you cannot accomplish.

Everybody knows what they want. They just won't examine their behavior closely enough and see what it means.

If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.

Larry the Cable Guy

No one ever wrote down a plan to be fat, broke, stupid, lazy, unhappy, and mediocre. Those are the things that happen to you when you don't have a plan.

What it takes that most people aren't willing to give is work. Hard work. Work on yourself, work on your life, and working while you are at work.