Quotes About Motivation

Behind the driven person is just an enormous amount of misery. You have to be miserable with the status quo to want to change it.

I'm never satisfied with status quo, and a desire to make a difference is what drives me.

Some are motivated by a desire to mould the law to expand the rights of the downtrodden, while other may be motivated by a desire to maintain the Status Quo. Some may even be motivated by a desire to protect what they perceive to be their class interest. And such motives may not always even be conscious to the judges.

One thing in this game is you've gotta stay positive.

We've learned to embrace our own physical shadows by leaning on each other and Once to find motivation and energy to keep our heads up and stay healthy.

In order to stay where I am - and I want to do that - I have to stay dedicated as well as I have been before I became No. 1.

The best career advice I've gotten is to stay focused, keep moving forward.

Aim higher. Stay focused.

I listen to music before my competitions to get me pumped up. It helps me stay focused.

It feels good that people believe in my ability, but you've just got to stay focused, keep your feet on the ground, and do the job and do the hard work in the gym.

I never really do the New Year's Resolution thing. I kind of just try to stay focused, not get too distracted, and do the best I can. And that's something I like to tell myself every year around New Year's.

I just stay focused, and I always think about gymnastics. I am just doing what I always do... working really hard and pushing myself to the maximum and keeping myself motivated.

For aspiring actors out there, I would say stay focused and don't let anyone pull you away from your goals. Shoot for the stars so that if you ever fall short you can land on the clouds.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

I think you have to always stay focused and positive. If your positive energy dies out, like it happened to me for some time, then you can't do anything.

I'm very task-oriented. The idea of constantly pursuing something with purpose helps me to stay focused.

I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do.

In eighth grade, I went to home school, but it was a program meant for stay-at-home moms, and both my parents worked, so I had to grade my own papers. I'd be like, 'Ah man, you're close enough, you get 100 percent!'

Both my parents were high school teachers, and they were beloved high school teachers, so I constantly meet people through my dad's life where they'd be like, 'Your dad changed my life. He's the reason I became a lawyer. He's the reason I started writing. He's the only reason I stayed in school.'

As I followed my dream - stayed in-Spirit, that is, inspired - I made more money in the first year after I gave up my employment than I had made in the previous 35 years of my life.

People stayed with me and worked extra hard for me because I could see the potential in them - I'm not so sure they could see the potential in me.

If I knew I couldn't win races, I would have stayed in the States.

At this point, because we have stayed the same course for so many years, I feel like we are freer to make choices that are motivated by what feels right creatively at a given point in time.

We were so bad last year, the cheerleaders stayed home and phoned in the cheers.