Quotes About Motivation

Change, create, inspire. Dreams really do work.

Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so.

The person who works harder when the boss isn't around is headed straight for a better job.

I am just coming into my best years. This year I did new things; stretching and abdominal work.

I work for enjoyment and satisfaction - not just to earn a living.

I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.

If food were free, why work?

Generalised anger and frustration is something that gets you in the studio, and gets you to work - though it's not necessarily evident in anything that's finished.

No one can make me work harder than I do, so I'm generally not interested in who I am competing with.

I need to work to feel well.

You're always a work in progress. Flexibility. Personality. Motivation. There's always room to improve.

I get up every morning with a desire to do some creative work. This desire is made of the same stuff as the sexual desire, the desire to make money, or any other desire.

People are willing to work free, and they are willing to work for a reasonable wage; but offer them just a small payment and they will walk away.

The runner must be a fanatic for hard work and enthusiastic enough to enjoy it.

The philosophy I shared... was one of ambition - ambition to succeed, ambition to grow, ambition to move forward - backed up by hard work.

A worker without genius is better than a genius who won't work.

A can-do attitude, a positive personality, and a strong work ethic are still the primary ingredients for success at Nordstrom.

I have to work, for my soul.

I have no understanding as to why you wouldn't try to make what you're passionate about work for you.

When you're in love with the work, the energy comes more naturally. You want to wake up in the morning to write more material, or to go on stage and give every shred of emotion you have.

It's all about... getting back up and getting back to work and striving to be the best you can be.

Why is it that we understand playing the cello will require work, but we attribute writing to the magic of inspiration?

Music breeds its own inspiration. You can only do it by doing it. You may not feel like it, but you push yourself. It's a work process. Or just improvise. Something will come.

Just imagine how much you'd get done if you stopped actively sabotaging your own work.