Quotes About Motivation

Strangely, I was just not interested in biology.

It's strangely energizing to have people who don't make music themselves take potshots at you from the Internet.

I had this incredible opportunity with 'Stranger Things,' and now all it tells me is that people like my work, so I need to keep working. I need to push forward and put as much of my heart into every character I play as I did into Barb.

Well after 'Fast Car' was so huge, everyone was asking me, 'What's the next song?' At the time I just had ideas I was working on, but it was very clear I needed to finish another song ASAP, and that's how 'Perfect Strangers' came about.

They were written in the early '90s when I was strapped for cash.

But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this.

The more grotesque your boss's pay and the less he has do to earn it, the bigger the motivation for you to work with the aim of being promoted to what he has.

If faith is your motivation, share that.

Unlike de Valera whose talent lay in getting and holding power, Collins asked himself the question, 'All this for what?', and tried to provide the answers.

Good managers succeed because of, not in spite of, their teams and raise their game by raising the game of the whole team, not by distancing themselves from them in pointing out their errors.

Being relentless means demanding more of yourself than anyone else could ever demand of you, knowing that every time you stop, you can still do more. You must do more.

The only way you can light other people on fire is to be lit yourself, from the inside.

Do. The. Work. Every day, you have to do something you don't want to do. Every day. Challenge yourself to be uncomfortable, push past the apathy and laziness and fear.

In anything you do, it takes no talent to work hard. You just have to want to do it.

Make a plan that truly reflects your goals and interests, and you'll be more likely to execute. Why pretend you're going to work out every single day when you know you're only going to do it three times a week?

People who don't pursue their own dreams probably won't encourage you to pursue yours;

People who preach inner drive are dreamers with a lot of ideas and a lot of talk, and zero production.

no trainer or coach or expert can make you good or great or unstoppable if you're not going to do the work, if you're waiting for someone to make it happen for you. It's on you. And that's why I'm telling you all of this, not because I want you to know what I do for my guys, but because I want you to know what you have to do for yourself.

Ask yourself where you are now, and where you want to be instead. Ask yourself what you're willing to do to get there. Then make a plan to get there. Act on it.

You already know what you have to do, and you know how to do it. What's stopping you?

Do you truly want to get even with everyone, or do you really want to get ahead of them? Why stand next to anyone when you can push beyond them? In the game of basketball, you get around someone so you can get past them. Play this game the same way. You go for the win, you don't settle for a tie.

Do. The. Work. Every day, you have to do something you don't want to do. Every day. Challenge yourself to be uncomfortable, push past the apathy and laziness and fear. Otherwise, the next day you're going to have two things you don't want to do, then three and four and five, and pretty soon, you can't even get back to the first thing. And then all you can do is beat yourself up for the mess you've created,

no trainer or coach or expert can make you good or great or unstoppable if you're not going to do the work,

Cleaners never feel external pressure; they only believe what's inside them. You can criticize, analyze, demonize a Cleaner, but he's still only going to feel pressure from within. He knows what he's doing right, and what he's doing wrong. He does not care what you think. He steps out of his comfort zone and challenges himself to get to the next level.