Quotes About Motivation

My mentor said, 'Let's go do it', not 'You go do it'. How powerful when someone says, 'Let's!'

Successful people are often times highly motivated people.

When you set goals, something inside of you starts saying, "Let's go, let's go," and ceilings start to move up.

Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.

Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The great trouble with baseball today is that most of the players are in the game for the money and that's it, not for the love of it, the excitement of it, the thrill of it.

I always think about what I missed, and I think that was my driving force - never be satisfied with what I've done.

Surround yourself with people who are doers!

It is exercise alone that supports the spirits, and keeps the mind in vigor.

I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.

What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire - the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.

Goals. There's no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There's no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There's no telling what will happen when you act upon them.

Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price which all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.

Intense, burning desire is the motivational force that enables you to overcome any obstacle and achieve almost any goal

The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.

Success at anything will always come down to this: focus & effort. And we control both.

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

Your choice of people to associate with, both personally and business-wise, is one of the most important choices you make. If you associate with turkeys, you will never fly with the eagles.

Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

What is it that makes us suppose that we can more easily do twice tomorrow what we didn't do once today!

You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that.

I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.

Fear is never a reason for quitting; it is only an excuse.

Find your passion, and it's no longer work.