Quotes About Motivation

A lot of what keeps me going is wanting to be better, thinking I'm not good enough.

When I read biographies, I'm only interested in the first few chapters. I'm not interested in when people become successful. I'm interested in what made them successful.

I'm not interested in business for business's sake.

I'm not interested in using my father's death as some touch point for why I've become an actor - it's grossly opportunistic.

I'm not interested in just putting out one hit.

It's extremely tough, going day-to-day, not knowing really what you're working for, but for me, I just learned how to set small goals for myself.

Arsene Wenger gave me the belief to keep working and competing. He was not talking to me every day, 'I believe in you,' but it was every now and again. The right amount.

The real killers in the business world aren't the ones who aim for the top, it's the ones who aim for two notches below the top.

You kick it up a notch when you work out.

There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.

Tennis parents and stage mothers should take note. The kid has got to want to do it, not just to please the parent, but for himself.

I have a notebook that is filled to the brim with my dreams and ideas and goals and aspirations.

It sounds corny, but I wanted to be the change I wanted to see in the world. I used to have that on my notebook in school.

And, as soon as I could put together the, you know, three or four notes that made up, like, sort of a rock and roll lick, you know, like a Chuck Berry kind of thing, I was off and running. Just completely taken over.

Sometimes it might seem like I'm using my songs to give other people pointers. But mainly, they're for me, just little notes to myself that I collected, and the wisdom that I've read. I give myself a lot of advice.

You know, if you don't do nothin, you don't do nothin.

Many people are in a rut and a rut is nothing but a grave - with both ends kicked out.

My message is just showing people how I came from nothing.

I want to say this to all Filipinos: nothing is impossible.

There's nothing new, even 'new' is inspired by something. We're all, either consciously or unconsciously, we're inspired.

People need to know that what they're doing is making a difference and that their leaders notice and appreciate their efforts.

Trump is a major motivation to be speaking out because I so disagree with some of the things that he decides on, and you notice there's a lawsuit on just about everything he does? My gosh.

If you got the talent and the drive, there are ways to get noticed.

When I was, like, 18, that's when I started to really take my own craft seriously and just noticed people were enjoying it. And when I put out my first mixtape, that's when I realized I could make this a career.