Quotes About Motivation

Sometimes people do things because they are sad or because they are upset or were hurt by other people.

I am a greedy actor, and it upsets me losing work I have wanted to do, but that is a motivator not a dampener.

Keep doubting me. Please keep doubting me. I will give you something to be upset about if you doubt me.

I always will tell someone, 'If you're upset about something and you don't really want to talk about it or you don't know what to do, just get up and go do something to make yourself feel better.'

I wanted to see what sports were like... I went out for the track team. And then I got a D on my report card and my mom pulled me off the track team; I was very upset.

If I double-fault or I miss a shot I don't think I should miss, instead of getting more upset, I can think back to the tough times that my brother went through or trying to make my grandpa proud.

I just know when I'm tired, I can't act tired. If I'm sick or mad or upset we're in a slump, that doesn't mean I stop talking and stop getting in people's faces. I have to do it.

I do things because I enjoy it. That used to be my downfall, but now it's the upside.

What is the upside of inequality? I would say that it's a deep pool of properly trained, highly motivated talent that is endeavoring to create innovation that grows our knowledge-based economy.

But I think the upside is hopefully people are slightly scared of Roy Kent.

On a more serious note, my challenges with hearing loss are certainly an interesting journey. The surprising upside is that my difficulties in hearing have motivated me to know my guitar fretboard better. My playing has become much more melodic and intentional as a result.

My mom would give me a piece to play, but I wouldn't do any theory because when it came time to do it I would sneak back upstairs and watch TV. So, I had these kind of nonchalant lessons for years, then it just started soaking in.

I was swimming in my swimming pool when 'The Secret Lovers' popped entire into my head. I got out, dried off, went upstairs, and finished the book in about 50 days.

The work that I do doesn't make me feel uptight, It energises me.

Start your day in a upward direction, and the rest of the day will follow the uphill path.

Whatever you do, don't discourage your dreaming propensity. Your heart's desires are not empty vaporings. They foreshadow possible realities. Man was made to aspire, to look upward.

The New Testament persistently presses us upward, toward higher motives for being good.

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

After going to a few Keith Urban concerts, I thought, 'I'd really like to learn how to play guitar.' I studied Keith Urban a lot and how he performed.

I grew up an Urban Meyer fan. I loved the way he coached, loved the way he did things.

I can definitely write a book. Growing up, I really learned that. The stuff I was reading were urban books and I definitely got into it a lot.

People that are jealous and envious of you are too freaking lazy to step up their own game.

There is clearly much left to be done and whatever else we are going to do we had better get on with it.

Procrastination is the thief of time.