Quotes About Motivation

In the balloons of grandeur that kept Stephenson aloft, the presidency was just a few puffs of helium away. "Boys, I'm not in this for the money," he told his cronies. "You're going to put me in the White House.

The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?

Often, all that stands between you and what you want is a better set of questions.

I always advise young people to become good public speakers (top 25%). Anyone can do it with practice. If you add that talent to any other, suddenly you're the boss of the people who have only one skill.

For all their bitching about what's holding them back, most people have a lot of trouble coming up with the defined dreams they're being held from.

Routine, in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition." —W.H. Auden

When I wake up in the morning, I'm thinking to myself: What can I do to be ready for that moment, which is coming? That propels me out of bed.

Pure hell forces action, but anything less can be endured with enough clever rationalization.

Don't save it all for the end. There is every reason not to.

If I want a better-than-average career, I can't simply 'go with the flow' and get it. Most people do just that: they wish for an outcome but make no intention-driven actions toward that outcome. If they would just do something most people would find that they get some version of the outcome they're looking for. That's been my secret. Stop wishing and start doing.

The means of learning are abundant—it's the desire to learn that's scarce.

Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!

If the best in the world are stretching their asses off in order to get strong, why aren't you?

you are insecure, guess what? The rest of the world is, too. Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

Busy is a decision." Here's why: Of the many, many excuses people use to rationalize why they can't do something, the excuse "I am too busy" is not only the most inauthentic, it is also the laziest. I don't believe in "too busy." Like I said, busy is a decision. We do the things we want to do, period. If we say we are too busy, it is shorthand for "not important enough.

Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action. —BENJAMIN DISRAELI, former British Prime Minister

Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.

I will often write "GO FIRST" in my morning journal as a daily prompt.

The Purpose of Life Is a Life of Purpose." This is Stan's answer to "If you could put a billboard anywhere and write anything on it, what would it say?" It is a quote from Robert Byrne.

Success, however you define it, is achievable if you collect the right field-tested beliefs and habits.

Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel. If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.

Stop wishing and start doing.

A Lonely Place Is an Unmotivated Place

The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease by Marc Lewis. Addiction is short-term desire. Purpose is long-term desire.